High-efficient thermochemical sorption refrigeration driven by low-grade thermal energy

Thermochemical sorption refrigeration powered by low-grade thermal energy is one of the energy-saving and environment friendly green refrigeration technologies. The operation principle of sorption refrigeration system is based on the thermal effects of reversible physicochemical reaction processes between sorbents and refrigerants. This paper presents the developing study on the different thermochemical sorption refrigeration cycles, and some representative high-efficient thermochemical sorption refrigeration cycles were evaluated and analyzed based on the conventional single-effect sorption cycle. These advanced sorption refrigeration cycles mainly include the heat and mass recovery sorption cycle, double-effect sorption cycle, multi-effect sorption cycle, combined double-way sorption cycle, and double-effect and double-way sorption cycle with internal heat recovery. Moreover, the developing tendency of the thermochemical sorption refrigeration is also predicted in this paper. Supported by the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50736004)