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Proceedings of

International Conference on Future Trends In Structural, Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering FTSCEM 2013

"DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SOLAR POWERED COOLING SYSTEM IN UAE"

FADI. A. GHAITH MUHAMMAD. H. MUZAFFAR ABBAS MOHAIDEEN.J.
DOI
10.15224/978-981-07-7021-1-43
Pages
9 - 13
Authors
3
ISBN
978-981-07-7021-1

Abstract: “This paper aims to provide an optimum and reliable thermal design of a solar powered absorption cooling system in United Arab Emirates (UAE). A numerical algorithm was developed to compute the cooling capacity of the solar powered absorption system under the influence of several operating conditions, namely; hourly global radiation, flow rate, and the inlet generator temperature as well as investigating the associated environmental aspects. The proposed cooling system configuration consists basically of flat plate collectors, a stratified storage tank and an absorption chiller. A predictive model was programmed and simulated using INSEL software in order to analyse the performance of the system throughout summer season. A peak cooling demand of 20kW was estimated using Hourly Analysis Program (HAP) for a villa based in Dubai, UAE. Theobtained results showed that a minimum of about 50% of the power from the peak demand can be provided by the solar system during high levels of radiation.”

Keywords: solar cooling, absorption chiller, INSEL.

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