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SOLERAS - Solar Cooling Engineering Field Tests Project: Arizona State University. Prototype carrier 10 ton air-cooled solar absorption chiller. Final evaluation report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5049142
A prototype air-cooled 10 ton solar absorption chiller was disassembled and inspected after having been field-tested for three consecutive cooling seasons. Included in the inspection were some flow visualization experiments which revealed some problems in the absorber header design. The objectives of this evaluation project were to determine possible causes for the frequent crystallization and generally below-design performance of the chiller during the testing period. The major conclusions reached were that a combination of leaks and of poor (50%) flow distribution in the absorber could account for most of the chiller's poor performance.
Research Organization:
Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83CH10093
OSTI ID:
5049142
Report Number(s):
MRI/SOL-0206; ON: DE86001275
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English