Hybrid refrigeration/sorption solar-cooling systems

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5426842

Curran, H M

The hybrid refrigeration/sorption concept is a technically feasible approach to solar cooling which has not yet been systematically evaluated. Various system configurations are possible, each with advantages and disadvantages relative to the others, and with respect to solar cooling systems based on the individual absorption, Rankine, and desiccant technologies. Conventional cooling and dehumidification, sorption dehumidification, and the effects on the refrigeration unit of adding a dehumidifier are discussed.

• Research Organization: Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79CS30202
• OSTI ID: 5426842
• Report Number(s): H-C-1007/010-81-1044; ON: DE82008297
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
REFRIGERATION
SORPTION
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DEHUMIDIFICATION
DESICCANTS
HYBRID SYSTEMS
PSYCHROMETRY
RANKINE CYCLE
VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
AIR CONDITIONERS
COOLING
EQUIPMENT
HYGROMETRY
SIMULATION
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling