Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions
Performance assessment of a two-bed silica gel-water adsorption refrigeration system driven by solar thermal energy is carried out under a climatic condition typical of Perth, Australia. A Fourier series is used to simulate solar radiation based on the actual data obtained from Meteonorm software, v...
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| author | Ali Alahmer Xiaolin Wang K. C. Amanul Alam |
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| description | Performance assessment of a two-bed silica gel-water adsorption refrigeration system driven by solar thermal energy is carried out under a climatic condition typical of Perth, Australia. A Fourier series is used to simulate solar radiation based on the actual data obtained from Meteonorm software, version 7.0 for Perth, Australia. Two economic methodologies, Payback Period and Life-Cycle Saving are used to evaluate the system economics and optimize the need for solar collector areas. The analysis showed that the order of Fourier series did not have a significant impact on the simulation radiation data and a three-order Fourier series was good enough to approximate the actual solar radiation. For a typical summer day, the average cooling capacity of the chiller at peak hour (13:00) is around 11 kW while the cyclic chiller system coefficient of performance (COP) and solar system COP are around 0.5 and 0.3, respectively. The economic analysis showed that the payback period for the solar adsorption system studied was about 11 years and the optimal solar collector area was around 38 m<sup>2</sup> if a compound parabolic collector (CPC) panel was used. The study indicated that the utilization of the solar-driven adsorption cooling is economically and technically viable for weather conditions like those in Perth, Australia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a80043675314f28ab7032d96e0100892022-12-22T04:23:44ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-02-01134100510.3390/en13041005en13041005Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic ConditionsAli Alahmer0Xiaolin Wang1K. C. Amanul Alam2Department of Alternative Energy Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Al-Zaytoonah University, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, JordanSchool of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 65, Hobart 7001, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 65, Hobart 7001, AustraliaPerformance assessment of a two-bed silica gel-water adsorption refrigeration system driven by solar thermal energy is carried out under a climatic condition typical of Perth, Australia. A Fourier series is used to simulate solar radiation based on the actual data obtained from Meteonorm software, version 7.0 for Perth, Australia. Two economic methodologies, Payback Period and Life-Cycle Saving are used to evaluate the system economics and optimize the need for solar collector areas. The analysis showed that the order of Fourier series did not have a significant impact on the simulation radiation data and a three-order Fourier series was good enough to approximate the actual solar radiation. For a typical summer day, the average cooling capacity of the chiller at peak hour (13:00) is around 11 kW while the cyclic chiller system coefficient of performance (COP) and solar system COP are around 0.5 and 0.3, respectively. The economic analysis showed that the payback period for the solar adsorption system studied was about 11 years and the optimal solar collector area was around 38 m<sup>2</sup> if a compound parabolic collector (CPC) panel was used. The study indicated that the utilization of the solar-driven adsorption cooling is economically and technically viable for weather conditions like those in Perth, Australia.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/4/1005adsorption chillersilica gelsolar coolingsconomic analysis |
| spellingShingle | Ali Alahmer Xiaolin Wang K. C. Amanul Alam Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions Energies adsorption chiller silica gel solar cooling sconomic analysis |
| title | Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions |
| title_full | Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions |
| title_short | Dynamic and Economic Investigation of a Solar Thermal-Driven Two-Bed Adsorption Chiller under Perth Climatic Conditions |
| title_sort | dynamic and economic investigation of a solar thermal driven two bed adsorption chiller under perth climatic conditions |
| topic | adsorption chiller silica gel solar cooling sconomic analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/4/1005 |
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