TY - GEN
T1 - Solar air-conditioning
T2 - 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017
AU - Hamdan, Mohammad O.
AU - Abu-Nabah, Bassam A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/5/26
Y1 - 2017/5/26
N2 - Due to recent research and development activities in solar-based air-conditioning systems, the GCC engineering community has been investigating alternative solutions to assess the feasibility towards adopting solar absorption refrigeration as a sustainable air-conditioning approach in hot environments. This study investigates the feasibility of two solar air-conditioning technologies, namely solar thermal absorption refrigeration and photovoltaic vapor compression technologies. Based on commercially available efficiencies of solar collectors and photovoltaic panels, this case study indicates that photovoltaic vapor compression air-conditioning systems have higher coefficient of performance and require smaller surface area when compared to solar thermal absorption refrigeration systems.
AB - Due to recent research and development activities in solar-based air-conditioning systems, the GCC engineering community has been investigating alternative solutions to assess the feasibility towards adopting solar absorption refrigeration as a sustainable air-conditioning approach in hot environments. This study investigates the feasibility of two solar air-conditioning technologies, namely solar thermal absorption refrigeration and photovoltaic vapor compression technologies. Based on commercially available efficiencies of solar collectors and photovoltaic panels, this case study indicates that photovoltaic vapor compression air-conditioning systems have higher coefficient of performance and require smaller surface area when compared to solar thermal absorption refrigeration systems.
KW - Photovoltaic vapor compression refrigeration
KW - Solar air-conditioning
KW - Solar thermal absorption refrigeration
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMSAO.2017.7934888
DO - 10.1109/ICMSAO.2017.7934888
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85021425580
T3 - 2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017
BT - 2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 4 April 2017 through 6 April 2017
ER -
