Adsorption cooling driven by solar collector: A case study for Tokyo solar data

K. C Amanul Alam; Bidyut Baran Saha; Atsushi Akisawa

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.09.028

Adsorption cooling driven by solar collector: A case study for Tokyo solar data

K. C Amanul Alam, Bidyut Baran Saha, Atsushi Akisawa

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Abstract

An analytical investigation has been performed to study the possibility of application of solar cooling for the climatic condition of Tokyo, Japan. Silica gel-water adsorption cooling system has been taken into consideration for the present study and lumped parameter model is used to investigate the performance of the system. Based on the solar radiation data it is found that at least 15 collector (each of 2.415 m²) is required to achieve the required heat source temperature (around 85 °C) to run the cooling unit. It is also observed that the solar powered adsorption cooling unit provides cooling capacity around 10 kW at noon with base run conditions, while the system provides solar COP around 0.3, however, the solar collector size can be reduced by optimizing the cycle time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1603-1609
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.09.028
Publication status	Published - Feb 1 2013

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Alam, K. C. A., Saha, B. B., & Akisawa, A. (2013). Adsorption cooling driven by solar collector: A case study for Tokyo solar data. Applied Thermal Engineering, 50(2), 1603-1609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.09.028

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