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Investigation on hourly characteristics of solar absorption refrigeration cycle integrated with a dual-cooling grade-compression cycle

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  • Tan, Kaidong
  • Wang, Lin
  • Li, Xiuzhen
  • Tan, Yingying
  • Cao, Yifei

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Solar absorption refrigeration cycle consumes almost no electricity, but its low refrigeration efficiency and intermittent operation issues need addressing. Based on the viewpoint of cold energy grade production matching air-conditioning cooling load grade, a solar absorption refrigeration cycle integrated with a dual-cooling grade-compression cycle (SARC-DGC) is proposed to boost the solar utilization and achieve all-weather cooling, which includes solar absorption refrigeration (SAR) subsystem, subcooled water circulating (SWC) subsystem and dual-cooling grade-compression refrigeration (DGR) subsystem. The simulation models of proposed cycle are developed by lumped-parameter and distributed-parameter methods, and the simulation results are validated with experimental results. The hourly characteristics of SARC-DGC cycle on a typical day are evaluated and compared with those of the conventional solar absorption refrigeration (SAR) cycle and air-cooled compression refrigeration (ACR) cycle. The results show that the hourly cooling performance of SARC-DGC cycle is well matched with the building cooling load demand, so as to realize the cold energy grade production and utilization. The working hours of SAR subsystem are 42.86 % longer than that of conventional SAR cycle, with a 31.92 % increase in daily cooling capacity, while the daily power consumption of the proposed cycle is on average 27.31 % lower than that of conventional ACR cycle.

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  • Tan, Kaidong & Wang, Lin & Li, Xiuzhen & Tan, Yingying & Cao, Yifei, 2024. "Investigation on hourly characteristics of solar absorption refrigeration cycle integrated with a dual-cooling grade-compression cycle," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:305:y:2024:i:c:s0360544224021303
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132356
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