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422 R. GOP^Let aL
AH=CAT and n = ( P ° - P ) V
n RT
~.05
<
where C=cell heat capacity; AT=maximum tem-
perature rise; n = amount adsorbed at time when maxi-
mum temperature is reached; Po-P = initial pressure-- TIME/ DAYS
pressure corresponding to n; T = temperature of vapour; Fig. 2. Water content of zeolites subject to 24 hr cycles of
V = volume; R = gas constant. heating and wetting.
The rates of solar energy storage and retrieval in a zeolite-water system 423
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1
.tO .15
I .|02 l
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1 Mutt[k, Heats of adsorption of water vapour on NoX and
A M O U N T ADSORSF'D (G H 2 0 / G ZEOLITEI KNoX zeolites at different temperatures, f C. S. Faraday I,
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