IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v312y2024ics036054422403442x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Design, optimization, and performance analysis of a solar-wind powered compression chiller with built-in energy storage system for sustainable cooling in remote areas

Author

Listed:
  • Davoodi, Vajihe
  • Amiri Rad, Ehsan
  • Akhoundi, Mahla
  • Eicker, Ursula

Abstract

This study aims to develop a sustainable cooling solution for refrigeration in remote areas, utilizing solely wind and solar power. Ensuring that the power generated aligns with consumption throughout the day is a critical challenge. The investigation centers on the integration of an energy storage and a compression cooling cycle to attain the desired objective. This system integrates refrigerant storage on both the evaporator and condenser sides. The storage tanks' volume is variable by time and should be adjusted automatically. The sustainability of the cooling capacity depends on the amount of input power and the type of refrigerant. Moreover, additional heat is extracted to produce hot water. The analysis includes the coefficient of performance, exergy efficiency, cooling capacity, total heating capacity, and environmental impacts for six refrigerants R134a, R22, R717, R125, R500, and R407c. The system is configured to offer a cooling capacity of 15 kW while maintaining a temperature difference of 38K. The best performance is achieved using R717 as the refrigerant with a coefficient of performance of 5.26, an exergy efficiency of 36 %, and a payback period of 2.267 in Sabzevar. Furthermore, R717 does not contribute to ozone depletion or global warming.

Suggested Citation

  • Davoodi, Vajihe & Amiri Rad, Ehsan & Akhoundi, Mahla & Eicker, Ursula, 2024. "Design, optimization, and performance analysis of a solar-wind powered compression chiller with built-in energy storage system for sustainable cooling in remote areas," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 312(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:312:y:2024:i:c:s036054422403442x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.133664
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036054422403442X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2024.133664?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:312:y:2024:i:c:s036054422403442x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.