ENGIMMONIA D5.3 – “Design/material identification for adsorption chiller for use in long distance vessels”

Adsorption chillers and heat pumps utilize heat, for example renewable heat from solar plants, or waste heat, from engines, generators or combined heat and power plants (CHP), district or process heat, to generate cooling without the use of mechanical compression. The thermodynamic cycles of the adsorption chillers / heat pumps are sometimes called “thermal compression” and are based on the periodic heating and cooling of an adsorbent (highly hygroscopic substance e.g., silica gel or zeolite) within a reactor also called a sorption generator or simply an adsorption bed. The vessels are a very attractive application case for the adsorption cooling.