Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia
In this study solar driven absorption chiller is used to reduce the peak cooling load in office buildings in Saudi Arabia for different selected cities. The study is conducted for six cities of Abha, Dhahran, Hail, Jeddah, Nejran and Riyadh under three operating durations of 4, 6, and 8 hours using...
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| author | Linjawi Majid T. Talal Qazi Al-Sulaiman Fahad A. |
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| description | In this study solar driven absorption chiller is used to reduce the peak cooling load in office buildings in Saudi Arabia for different selected cities. The study is conducted for six cities of Abha, Dhahran, Hail, Jeddah, Nejran and Riyadh under three operating durations of 4, 6, and 8 hours using flat plate or evacuated tube collectors. The energy analysis concluded that flat plate collectors are better than evacuated tube collectors. However, the results from economic analysis suggest that while proposing a gas fired absorption chiller will reduce running costs, further reduction by using solar collectors is not feasible because of its high initial cost. At the best case scenario the Net Present Value of a 10 Ton Absorption chiller operated by natural gas boiler and two large flat plate collectors (12m^2 each) running for 8 hours/day, 5days/week has a value of 117,000 $ and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 12%. Solar driven absorption chiller could be more feasible if the gas prices increases or the solar collector prices decreases significantly. Finally, government economic incentives and taxes are recommended to provide a boost for the feasibility of such projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7d9b80feee14301b681693edc1030472022-12-21T23:01:25ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422017-01-01230500110.1051/e3sconf/20172305001e3sconf_wrec2017_05001Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi ArabiaLinjawi Majid T.Talal QaziAl-Sulaiman Fahad A.In this study solar driven absorption chiller is used to reduce the peak cooling load in office buildings in Saudi Arabia for different selected cities. The study is conducted for six cities of Abha, Dhahran, Hail, Jeddah, Nejran and Riyadh under three operating durations of 4, 6, and 8 hours using flat plate or evacuated tube collectors. The energy analysis concluded that flat plate collectors are better than evacuated tube collectors. However, the results from economic analysis suggest that while proposing a gas fired absorption chiller will reduce running costs, further reduction by using solar collectors is not feasible because of its high initial cost. At the best case scenario the Net Present Value of a 10 Ton Absorption chiller operated by natural gas boiler and two large flat plate collectors (12m^2 each) running for 8 hours/day, 5days/week has a value of 117,000 $ and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 12%. Solar driven absorption chiller could be more feasible if the gas prices increases or the solar collector prices decreases significantly. Finally, government economic incentives and taxes are recommended to provide a boost for the feasibility of such projects.https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172305001absorption chillersolar coolingenergy analysiseconomic analysis |
| spellingShingle | Linjawi Majid T. Talal Qazi Al-Sulaiman Fahad A. Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia E3S Web of Conferences absorption chiller solar cooling energy analysis economic analysis |
| title | Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | evaluation of solar thermal driven cooling system in office buildings in saudi arabia |
| topic | absorption chiller solar cooling energy analysis economic analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172305001 |
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