OPTIMIZATION OF SOLAR ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR

Authors
WU C CHEN LG SUN FR
Citation
C. Wu et al., OPTIMIZATION OF SOLAR ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR, Applied thermal engineering, 17(2), 1997, pp. 203-208
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical",Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Applied thermal engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
13594311
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
203 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-4311(1997)17:2<203:OOSAR>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A solar refrigerator is made of a solar collector and a refrigeration system. Real solar refrigerators usually operate between two limits, m aximum COP (coefficient of performance) and maximum cooling load. The relationships between the solar collector temperature, COP and cooling load are derived in this paper. The optimum collector temperatures un der the conditions of either maximum COP or maximum cooling load are f ound. The results provide a theoretical base for designing real solar refrigeration systems.