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Title
Enhanced Desorption in Novel Sorbent Materials Using Ultrasound
Description
In this study, two novel sorbents (zeolite 4A and sodium polyacrylate) are tested to investigate if utilizing ultrasonic acoustic energy could decrease the amount of time and overall energy required to regenerate these materials for use in cooling applications. To do this, an experiment was designed employing a cartridge heater and a piezoelectric element to be simultaneously providing heat and acoustic power to a custom designed desorption bed while measuring the bed mass and sorbent temperature at various locations. The results prove to be promising showing that early in the desorption process ultrasound may expedite the desorption process in zeolite by as much as five times and in sodium polyacrylate as much as three times in comparison to providing heat alone. The results also show that in zeolite desorption utilizing ultrasound may be particularly beneficial to initiate desorption whereas in sodium polyacrylate ultrasound appears most promising in the after a temperature threshold is met. These are exciting results and may prove to be significant in the future as more novel heat-based cooling cycles are developed.
Date Created
2018
Contributors
- Bertrand, Weston Kyle (Author)
- Phelan, Patrick (Thesis advisor)
- Bocanegra, Luis (Committee member)
- Wang, Liping (Committee member)
- Devasenathipathy, Shankar (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
86 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49098
Level of coding
minimal
Note
Masters Thesis Mechanical Engineering 2018
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- 2018-06-01 08:02:05
System Modified
- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 3 years 2 months ago
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