Transient effects on the performance of a residential solar absorption chiller

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6637765

Guertin, J M; Wood, B D

The transient performance of a commercial residential 3 ton lithium-bromide/water absorption chiller is studied. Emphasis was placed on separating the chiller response from that of the entire test facility so that its transient response could solely be observed and quantified. It was found that the entire system time response and thermal capacitance has a major impact on performance degradation due to transient operation. Isolation of the absorption chiller from system effects showed time to steady state performance to be a linear function of steady state water supply temperatures. These findings summarized in computer algorithms were used to map the integrated performance of a 3 ton absorption chiller.

• Research Organization: Arizona State Univ., Tempe
• OSTI ID: 6637765
• Report Number(s): CONF-800604-P2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 3.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE
AIR CONDITIONERS
ALGORITHMS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
BUILDINGS
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
EQUIPMENT
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM BROMIDES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TRANSIENTS
WATER