Abstract
We have developed a thermodynamic framework from the rigor of thermodynamic property fields to calculate the coefficient of performance (COP) of adsorption cooling cycles for various pore widths and pore volumes of adsorbents. Employing the proposed formulations, the COP of silica gel-water based adsorption cooling cycle is computed for various pore sizes of silica gels and these results are compared with experimental data. It is found from simulation that the COP of adsorption cooling cycle is influenced by the physical characteristics of silica gels and the characteristics energy of silica gel + water. The present study confirms that there exists a special type of silica gel having optimal physical characteristics that allows us to obtain the best performance in terms of COP.