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Performance Analysis of a Solar Continuous Adsorption Refrigeration System

Kolthoum Missaoui^1,2,*, Nader Frikha^2,3, Abdelhamid Kheiri¹, Slimane Gabsi^2,3, Mohammed El Ganaoui⁴

1 Lorraine University, Nancy, France
2 Gabes University, Gabes, Tunisia
3 Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
4 Lorraine University, Longwy, France

* Corresponding Author: Kolthoum Missaoui. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Materials and Energy an Updated Image for 2021)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2023, 19(4), 1067-1081. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.021969

Received 16 February 2022; Accepted 25 May 2022; Issue published 02 November 2022

Abstract

A study is conducted on the performances of a solar powered continuous-adsorption refrigerator considering two particular days as references cases, namely, the summer solstice (June 21st) and the autumn equinox (September 21st). The cooling capacity, system performance coefficient and the daily rate of available cooling energy are assessed. The main goal is to compare the performances of a solar adsorption chiller equipped with a hot water tank (HWT) with an equivalent system relying on solar collectors with no heat storage module. The daily cooling rates for the solar refrigerator are found to be 102.4 kWh and 74.3 kWh, respectively, on June 21st and on September 21st, using a total collector’s area of 43.47 m². The corresponding values for the adsorption chiller equipped with a hot water tank of 2 m³ (and using a total collector’s area of 72.45 m²), are 127.1 kWh and 106.13 kWh, respectively.

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