scholarly journals A Solar Heating and Cooling System in a Nearly Zero-Energy Building: A Case Study in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifeng Sun ◽  
Yaohua Zhao ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Xinyu Zhang ◽  
Huai Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Collector ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Solar Heating ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Zero Energy Building

The building sector accounts for more than 40% of the global energy consumption. This consumption may be lowered by reducing building energy requirements and using renewable energy in building energy supply systems. Therefore, a nearly zero-energy building, incorporating a solar heating and cooling system, was designed and built in Beijing, China. The system included a 35.17 kW cooling (10-RT) absorption chiller, an evacuated tube solar collector with an aperture area of 320.6 m2, two hot-water storage tanks (with capacities of 10 m3 and 30 m3, respectively), two cold-water storage tanks (both with a capacity of 10 m3), and a 281 kW cooling tower. Heat pump systems were used as a backup. At a value of 25.2%, the obtained solar fraction associated with the cooling load was close to the design target of 30%. In addition, the daily solar collector efficiency and the chiller coefficient of performance (COP) varied from 0.327 to 0.507 and 0.49 to 0.70, respectively.

A validated model for mixing and buoyancy in stratified hot water storage tanks for use in building energy simulations

2016 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brecht Baeten ◽  
Thomas Confrey ◽  
Sébastien Pecceu ◽  
Frederik Rogiers ◽  
Lieve Helsen
Keyword(s):  
Water Storage ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Energy Simulations

Life Cycle Cost for a Solar Heating and Cooling System

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Hang ◽  
Ming Qu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Solar Heating ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Solar Absorption ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Absorption Cooling ◽  
Solar Absorption Cooling

Solar absorption cooling has been an intriguing research subject since 1970. However, it is not widely applied because the first cost of the system is high, the commercial hot water absorption chiller is not mature, the site demonstration and evaluation are not adequate and the price of conventional fossil energy sources is relatively low. This paper investigates the commercialization potentials of solar absorption cooling and solar heating system by comparing the life cycle cost between it and the conventional electrical chiller cooling and gas-fired boiler heating system. A computational model has been programmed in the Engineering Equation Solver (EES) to analyze the economical performances of the two systems applied to a dedicated building. The model considers the cost of capital, installation, operation and maintenance, the discount rate, the fuel prices, and the inflation rates. The result of the model indicated that given the present fuel cost, the solar absorption cooling and heating system is not as economic as the conventional system especially when its size is small. However, according to the sensitivity analysis carried, the solar absorption cooling and heating system could compete with the conventional cooling and heating system when the electricity price and fuel inflation increase.

scholarly journals A dynamic model of an innovative high-temperature solar heating and cooling system

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1121-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Buonomano ◽  
Francesco Calise ◽  
Maria Vicidomini
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Solar Heating ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Solar Collectors ◽  
Heating And Cooling

In this paper a new simulation model of a novel solar heating and cooling system based on innovative high temperature flat plate evacuated solar thermal collector is presented. The system configuration includes: flat-plate evacuated solar collectors, a double-stage LiBr-H2O absorption chiller, gas-fired auxiliary heater, a closed loop cooling tower, pumps, heat exchangers, storage tanks, valves, mixers and controllers. The novelty of this study lies in the utilization of flat-plate stationary solar collectors, manufactured by TVP Solar, rather than concentrating ones (typically adopted for driving double-stage absorption chillers). Such devices show ultra-high thermal efficiencies, even at very high (about 200?C) operating temperatures, thanks to the high vacuum insulation. Aim of the paper is to analyse the energy and economic feasibility of such novel technology, by including it in a prototypal solar heating and cooling system. For this purpose, the solar heating and cooling system design and performance were analysed by means of a purposely developed dynamic simulation model, implemented in TRNSYS. A suitable case study is also presented. Here, the simulated plant is conceived for the space heating and cooling and the domestic hot water production of a small building, whose energy needs are fulfilled through a real installation (settled also for experimental purposes) built up close to Naples (South Italy). Simulation results show that the investigated system is able to reach high thermal efficiencies and very good energy performance. Finally, the economic analysis shows results comparable to those achieved through similar renewable energy systems.

Detailed Energy and Exergy Analysis for a Solar Lithium Bromide Absorption Chiller and a Conventional Electric Chiller (R134a)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Hu ◽  
Laura A. Schaefer ◽  
Volker Hartkopf
Keyword(s):  
Solar Collector ◽  
Exergy Analysis ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Absorption Chiller ◽  
Two Stage

The Building Energy Data Book (2009) [1] shows that commercial and residential buildings in the U.S. consume 39.9% of the primary energy and contribute 39% of the total CO2 emissions. In the operation of buildings, 41.8% of building energy consumption is provided for building cooling, heating, domestic hot water, and ventilation for commercial buildings, while in residential buildings, this percentage increases to 58%. In energy system analysis, the energy approach is the traditional method of assessing the way energy is used in an operation. However, an energy balance provides no information on the degradation of energy or resources during a process. The concept of exergy combines the first law and second law of thermodynamics. The exergy analysis clearly quantifies the energy quality match between the supply and demand sides, and also addresses the exergy destruction (entropy generation) in each component. In this paper, a solar thermal driven absorption cooling system was analyzed for providing cooling to a building, the Intelligent Workplace South Zone at Carnegie Mellon University. The system includes a 52 m2 parabolic trough solar collector, and a 16 kW (4 tons) two-stage lithium bromide absorption chiller. The energy model and newly developed two-stage lithium bromide absorption chiller are programmed and integrated in Engineering Equation Solver (EES). The temperature, enthalpy, entropy, mass flow rate, and mass fraction of lithium bromide in the solar absorption system were presented in steady state operation. The exergy destruction in each component is calculated. The exergy destructions for the solar collector, generator, absorber, and heat exchangers were significantly higher than those in evaporator, condenser and expansion valves, the overall energy and exegetic efficiency were also calculated.

Temperature stratification in hot-water storage tanks

Energy ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 977-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hariharan ◽  
K. Badrinarayana ◽  
S. Srinivasa Murthy ◽  
M.V. Krishna Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Water Storage ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Temperature Stratification ◽  
Storage Tanks

Numerical modeling and optimization of thermal stratification in solar hot water storage tanks for domestic applications: CFD study

Solar Energy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 441-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Bouhal ◽  
S. Fertahi ◽  
Y. Agrouaz ◽  
T. El Rhafiki ◽  
T. Kousksou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Thermal Stratification ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Modeling And Optimization
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