Experimental findings: Main factors affecting the adsorptive temperature-driven cycle dynamics

Abstract

In Chap. 2, the two main methods to study the sorption dynamics for AHT cycles were widely described: (i) the Large Pressure Jump (LPJ) method, in which adsorption is initiated by a jump of pressure over the sample, is the most adequate for pressure-driven AHT cycles; (ii) the Large Temperature Jump (LTJ) method, in which adsorption is enabled by a temperature swing of a heat exchanger wall that is in contact with the adsorbent under an almost isobaric ad/desorption stage, is the proper choice for temperature-driven AHT cycles (see Chaps. 1 and 2). In this chapter, the main factors affecting the sorption dynamics will be highlighted for temperature-driven AHT cycles by the analysis of results achieved by the two versions (namely V-LTJ and G-LTJ) of the LTJ method.