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World-wide efforts to use solid-vapour adsorption technology for heat
pumps have been intensified since the imposition of international rest
rictions on production and use of chlorofluorocarbons. Yet, to this da
te solid-vapour refrigeration and heat pump systems are still under la
boratory testing stages. Promising recent developments in Japan, Europ
e and the U.S.A. include the use of porous metal hydrides and composit
e adsorbents. A review of adsorbents and adsorbates used in various in
vestigations on solid-vapour adsorption heat pumps are presented in th
is paper, with an aim of initiating a novel concept experimental inves
tigation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.