Takao Kashiwagi

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a transient model for a two-bed, silica gel-water adsorption chiller and found that regardless of the initial mass distribution, the chiller was able to achieve the same cyclic-steady state within four cycles or 1800s.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of the PV window on energy consumption of office buildings in terms of heating and cooling loads, daylighting, and electricity production, and the results showed that the solar cell transmittance of 40% and window to wall ratio (WWR) of 50% achieved the minimum electricity consumption in the building when artificial lighting was controlled with daylighting.

TL;DR: In this article, a dual-mode silica gel-water adsorption chiller design is outlined along with the performance evaluation of the innovative chiller, which utilizes effectively low-temperature solar or waste heat sources of temperature between 40 and 95°C.

TL;DR: In this article, a parametric study was conducted by computer simulation to determine the effects of operating conditions on cooling output and coefficient of performance (COP) of adsorption refrigerant cycles.

TL;DR: In this article, the second part of a study on the use of adsorption refrigeration cycles driven by waste heat of near-ambient temperature was conducted with several heat transfer fluid operating temperatures (hot, cooling, and chilled water), flow rates, and ad-desorption cycle times.