Performance of chiller in a solar absorption air conditioning system with partitioned hot water storage tank

This paper reports the performance of a lithium bromide absorption chiller in a solar powered air conditioning system, when being operated conventiona lly. The chiller performance based on a modified solar powered absorption a ir conditioning system which is integrated with a partitioned storage rank has been presented and discussed. It is shown that, by partitioning the sto rage tank, the chiller performance is not significantly affected, and the s olar powered cooling effect con be realized much earlier, achieving a highe r total solar cooling: COPsystem, compared to the conventional system desig ns.