LAPSE:2023.35802
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LAPSE:2023.35802
MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation
Andrew N. Aziz, Raya Al-Dadah, Saad Mahmoud, Mohamed A. Ismail, Mohammed K. Almesfer, Marwa F. El-Kady, Hassan Shokry
May 24, 2023
Greenhouses with efficient controlled environment offer a promising solution for food security against the impacts of increasing global temperatures and growing water scarcity. However, current technologies used to achieve this controlled environment consume a significant amount of energy, which impacts on operational costs and CO2 emissions. Using advanced metal organic framework materials (MOFs) with superior water adsorption characteristics, this work investigates the development of a new technology for a greenhouse-controlled environment. The system consists of MOF coated heat exchanger, air to air heat exchanger, and evaporative cooler. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed using COMSOL software and experimentally validated for the MOF-801/Graphene coated heat exchanger (DCHE) to determine the best cycle time and power input. It was found that using desorption time of 16 min and power input of 1.26 W, the maximum water removal rate was obtained from MOF-801/Graphene of 274.4 g/kgMOF/W.hr. In addition, an overall mathematical model for the greenhouse climate control was developed and used to investigate the effects of air humidity and velocity on the input air conditions to the greenhouse. Results showed that with high relative humidity levels of 90% in the greenhouse can be conditioned to reach the required relative humidity of 50%.
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Adsorption, COMSOL, Matlab, Modelling, MOF-801/Graphene, Simulation
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Aziz AN, Al-Dadah R, Mahmoud S, Ismail MA, Almesfer MK, El-Kady MF, Shokry H. MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation. (2023). LAPSE:2023.35802
Author Affiliations
Aziz AN: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, SRTA-City, New Borg El Arab City 21934, Egypt [ORCID]
Al-Dadah R: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Mahmoud S: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Ismail MA: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi Arabia; Institute of Engineering Research and Materials Technology, National Center for Research, Khartoum 2424, Sudan
Almesfer MK: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi Arabia
El-Kady MF: Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, Egypt [ORCID]
Shokry H: Environmental Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, Egypt [ORCID]
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Energies
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16
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9
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3864
Year
2023
Publication Date
2023-05-01
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1996-1073
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PII: en16093864, Publication Type: Journal Article
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