A Study of Ejector Refrigeration System Design for Solar Cooling Application

Publisher Summary This chapter presents the computer simulation results of an ejector cooling system (ECS). The refrigerants commonly used for ECS include R11, R12, R22, R113, R114, R123, R142b, and R134a. A solar ejector cooling system (SECS) essentially consists of an ECS and the solar collector. Solar thermal energy is absorbed by the solar collector and used to drive the ejector cooling machine. The ejector is the key component in the ejector refrigeration cycle. The computer simulation is further verified by experiments. The results so obtained exhibit that the solar ejector cooling system should be designed with a high-efficiency condenser and needs a medium-temperature solar collector. A low-cost specially designed single-glazed flat-plate solar collector with selective surface can fit this need.