Cooling storage with a resorption process. Application to a box temperature control

The resorption process is based on the use of two solid-gas reactors. It is an efficient system for cold production, in any application where the pres ence of a liquid phase is not desirable. Experimental results show that thi s system is adapted to an effective production of cold at a temperature of the order of 273 K. This result is also supported by simulation from a dyna mic and simplified model, The application presented here, consists in cooli ng and to maintain in temperature a box. It makes it possible to propose a very simple control of cold production by control of the working pressure o f one of solid-gas reactors. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights rese rved.