MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation
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 imp...
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| author | Andrew N. Aziz Raya Al-Dadah Saad Mahmoud Mohamed A. Ismail Mohammed K. Almesfer Marwa F. El-Kady Hassan Shokry |
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| description | 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 CO<sub>2</sub> 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/kg<sub>MOF</sub>/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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| spelling | doaj.art-fc272a2da6864093b9f8a8e3760918712023-11-17T22:52:46ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-05-01169386410.3390/en16093864MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical InvestigationAndrew N. Aziz0Raya Al-Dadah1Saad Mahmoud2Mohamed A. Ismail3Mohammed K. Almesfer4Marwa F. El-Kady5Hassan Shokry6Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi ArabiaChemical and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, EgyptEnvironmental Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, EgyptGreenhouses 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 CO<sub>2</sub> 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/kg<sub>MOF</sub>/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%.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/9/3864modellingsimulationMATLABCOMSOLMOF-801/Grapheneadsorption |
| spellingShingle | Andrew N. Aziz Raya Al-Dadah Saad Mahmoud Mohamed A. Ismail Mohammed K. Almesfer Marwa F. El-Kady Hassan Shokry MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation Energies modelling simulation MATLAB COMSOL MOF-801/Graphene adsorption |
| title | MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation |
| title_full | MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation |
| title_fullStr | MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation |
| title_short | MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation |
| title_sort | mof 801 graphene adsorbent material for greenhouse climate control system numerical investigation |
| topic | modelling simulation MATLAB COMSOL MOF-801/Graphene adsorption |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/9/3864 |
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