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
Similar Records
Dynamic performance testing of prototype 3 ton air-cooled carrier absorption chiller
Effect of insolation levels on the capacity of solar driven absorption chillers
SOLERAS - Solar Cooling Engineering Field Tests Project: Carrier Corporation. Fabrication, testing and installation report: 53 kW solar absorption cooling system
Technical Report
·
Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985
·
OSTI ID:5349235
Effect of insolation levels on the capacity of solar driven absorption chillers
Journal Article
·
Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980
· Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5284302
SOLERAS - Solar Cooling Engineering Field Tests Project: Carrier Corporation. Fabrication, testing and installation report: 53 kW solar absorption cooling system
Technical Report
·
Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984
·
OSTI ID:5122226
Related Subjects
14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
FLOW VISUALIZATION
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
FLOW VISUALIZATION
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING