<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Information on the electrical-driven solar air conditioning (SAC) is rather scanty. A considerable body of technical data mostly concerns large-scale photo-voltaic solar air conditioning (PV-SAC) systems. Reliable information about the energy output has arisen only in recent years; however, it is still not easily accessible, and sometimes its sources are closed. Despite these facts, solar energy researchers, observers and designers devote special attention to this type of SAC systems. In this study, performance evaluation is performed for the PV-SAC technology, in which low-power (up to 15 kW<sub>p</sub> of cooling power on average) systems are used. Such a system contains a PV electric-driven compression chiller with cold and heat sensible thermal storage capacities, and a rejected energy unit used for preheating domestic hot water (DHW). In a non-cooling season, it is possible to partly employ the system in the reverse mode for DHW production. In this mode, the ambient air serves as a heat source. Besides, free cooling is integrated in the PV-SAC concept.</p></abstract>

Information on the electrical-driven solar air conditioning (SAC) is rather scanty. A considerable body of technical data mostly concerns large-scale photo-voltaic solar air conditioning (PV-SAC) systems. Reliable information about the energy output has arisen only in recent years; however, it is still not easily accessible, and sometimes its sources are closed. Despite these facts, solar energy researchers, observers and designers devote special attention to this type of SAC systems. In this study, performance evaluation is performed for the PV-SAC technology, in which low-power (up to 15 kWp of cooling power on average) systems are used. Such a system contains a PV electric-driven compression chiller with cold and heat sensible thermal storage capacities, and a rejected energy unit used for preheating domestic hot water (DHW). In a non-cooling season, it is possible to partly employ the system in the reverse mode for DHW production. In this mode, the ambient air serves as a heat source. Besides, free cooling is integrated in the PV-SAC concept.

Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Solar Air Conditioning

Institute of Physical Energetics, 11 Krivu Street, Riga, LV-1006,

Institut für Solartechnik SPF, Oberseestrasse 10, CH-8640 Rapperswil,

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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Information on the electrical-driven solar air conditioning (SAC) is rather scanty. A considerable body of technical data mostly concerns large-scale...

Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Solar Air Conditioning

Published Online: Jan 25, 2017

Page range: 29 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0041

Keywords
solar energy, electrical-driven, solar air conditioning, performance evaluation

© 2016 A. Snegirjovs et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Solar Air Conditioning

Published Online: Jan 25, 2017

Page range: 29 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0041

Keywordssolar energy, electrical-driven, solar air conditioning, performance evaluation

© 2016 A. Snegirjovs et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
solar energy, electrical-driven, solar air conditioning, performance evaluation