Design and modeling of one refrigeration ton solar assisted adsorption air conditioning system

The modeling of the performance of a one refrigeration ton (RT) solar assisted adsorp-tion air-conditioning refrigeration system using activated carbon fiber/ethanol as theadsorbent/adsorbate pair has been undertaken in this study. The effects of hot water,cooling water, chilled water inlet temperatures, and hot water and chilled water flowrates were taken into consideration in the optimization of the system and in the design ofthe condenser, evaporator, and hot water storage tank. The study includes analysis of theweather data and its effect on both the adsorption system and the cooling load. This isthen followed by estimation of the cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP)of the adsorption system as a function of the input parameters. The results of the modelwill be compared to experimental data in a next step. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4027964]Keywords: solar energy, adsorption air conditioning, activated carbon fiber/ethanol,cooling load

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