Performance Evaluation and Optimal Design Analysis of Continuous-Operation Solar-Driven Cooling Absorption Systems With Thermal Energy Storage

Patino-Jaramillo, Gustavo A.; Rivera-Alravez, Alejandro; Osorio, Julian D.

doi:10.1115/1.4063409

Title: Performance Evaluation and Optimal Design Analysis of Continuous-Operation Solar-Driven Cooling Absorption Systems With Thermal Energy Storage

Journal Article · Fri Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063409· OSTI ID:2283427

Patino-Jaramillo, Gustavo A.;

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A solar absorption cooling system consisting of a flat plate collector, thermal energy storage tank, and absorption chiller is analyzed in this work. A dimensionless model is developed from the energy balance on each component and the chiller's characteristic performance curves. The model is used to determine the interaction and influence of different parameters such as tank size, solar collector area, chiller size, cooling load, cooling temperature, heat loss, and mass flow rates on the performance. From the analysis, smaller solar collector areas are required for lower cooling loads and smaller tank volumes. A specific cooling load of 1 x 10^-5 will require a specific solar collector area between two and six times larger, depending on the initial tank temperature, than the area required for a baseline system that considers typical commercial design and operation parameters. A similar behavior was observed for the specific tank volume. For the baseline system, the minimum specific area of the collector of 9.57 is achieved for an initial tank temperature of 1.19. For a cooling load of 1 x 10^-5, the optimum initial tank temperature will be 1.11 that results in a minimum specific solar collector area of 25.26. A specific tank volume of 4 x 10^-4 will also have an optimum initial tank temperature of 1.11 that minimizes the specific solar collector area to a value of 28.18. The approach and analysis in this work can be used to determine design parameters for solar absorption cooling systems based on a proper relation among system's dimensions to achieve optimum operation.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2283427

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5700-82630; MainId:83403; UUID:5dc1360a-f6e9-4467-8704-e090c7709ec0; MainAdminId:71693

Journal Information:: Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 15, Issue 12

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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