INVESTIGATION OF THE SORPTION AND HEAT-EXCHANGE PROCESSES 
IN A HEAT PUMP WITH THE USE OF A THERMOSIPHON

L. L. Vasil'ev and L. E. Kanonchik

UDC 621.577

A self-contained sorption heat pump of 2-kW power for 
heating and air conditioning is proposed. The nonequilibrium sorption 
and heat-exchange processes in a cylindrical adsorber with the use 
of a ribbed thermosiphon are described mathematically. The heat-engineering 
parameters of the structure are investigated.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National 
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk. Translated from 
Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 5-11, 
September-October, 2002. Original article submitted 
April 8, 2002.

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