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Thermal Analysis of a Solar Powered Absorption Cooling System with Fully Mixed Thermal Storage at Startup

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  • Camelia Stanciu

    (Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Dorin Stanciu

    (Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Adina-Teodora Gheorghian

    (Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

A simple effect one stage ammonia-water absorption cooling system fueled by solar energy is analyzed. The considered system is composed by a parabolic trough collector concentrating solar energy into a tubular receiver for heating water. This is stored in a fully mixed thermal storage tank and used in the vapor generator of the absorption cooling system. Time dependent cooling load is considered for the air conditioning of a residential two-storey house. A parametric study is performed to analyze the operation stability of the cooling system with respect to solar collector and storage tank dimensions. The results emphasized that there is a specific storage tank dimension associated to a specific solar collector dimension that could ensure the longest continuous startup operation of the cooling system when constant mass flow rates inside the system are assumed.

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  • Camelia Stanciu & Dorin Stanciu & Adina-Teodora Gheorghian, 2017. "Thermal Analysis of a Solar Powered Absorption Cooling System with Fully Mixed Thermal Storage at Startup," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:1:p:72-:d:87310
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