Solar air-conditioning performance using stochastic weather models
The performance of a solar-powered water-cooled absorption air-conditioning system is obtained using real and synthetic data. The synthetic data are derived using five years of weather history and represented by a joint probability density matrix and six constants. The system performance is defined as the useful capacity of the absorption air conditioner divided by the total radiation incident on the collector. This performance is obtained as a function of dry-bulb temperature, wet-bulb temperature, and solar insolation. The coefficient of performance using real data and synthetic data is compared and the predictions based on synthetic data are quite good. It is concluded that synthetic data allow very inexpensive simulation and yield satisfactory results for design purposes.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park
- OSTI ID:
- 6497241
- Journal Information:
- J. Energy; (United States), Vol. 1:5; Conference: 11. AIAA thermophysic conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 14 Jul 1976
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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