Thermal and economic assessment of solar cooling systems for small commercial buildings

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5689023

Hughes, P J; Morehouse, J H; Choi, M K; White, N M; Scholten, W B

An analysis is performed of various configuration concepts for utilizing thermal energy storage to improve the thermal and economic performance of solar cooling systems for small commercial buildings. The storage concepts evaluated provide short-term thermal storage via the bulk containment of water or salt hydrates. The analysis considers a total of 10 different thermal storage/solar systems, 5 each for absorption and Rankine chiller concepts. All these systems were simulated in Miami, Phoenix, Fort Worth and Washington, DC. The trade-offs considered include: cold-side vs hot-side storage, single vs multiple-stage storage, and phase-change vs sensible-heat storage. For the chillers investigated, storage option impacted energy savings potential more in absorption than Rankine systems. Cold-side latent storage systems had the greatest energy savings potential in all of the four locations.

• Research Organization: Science Applications, Inc., McLean, VA
• OSTI ID: 5689023
• Report Number(s): CONF-810509-(Vol.1)
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 4.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
ARIZONA
BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
FLORIDA
HEAT STORAGE
LATENT HEAT STORAGE
NORTH AMERICA
PERFORMANCE
RANKINE CYCLE
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SIMULATION
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOUTHEAST REGION
SOUTHWEST REGION
STORAGE
TEXAS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
USA
WASHINGTON DC
WESTERN REGION