Abstract: A solid adsorption cooling tube with a working pair of zeolite-water driven by waste heat is presented in this paper. Firstly, the cooling power for the cooling tube was tested and the varying status of the cooling temperature at different cooling capacities was studied.The performance of the cooling tube showed strong coupling with exterior ambient parameters such as heat source temperature, ambient temperature, air velocity and air relative humidity.A series of experiments for the effects of the ambient parameters on the performance were performed and analyzed.The results indicated that the performance of the cooling tube was very good.The results could be used as the reference for optimizing system design and improving the performance of the cooling tube.An engineering design scheme of adsorption cooling tube air-conditioner was also proposed.