[en] To minimize environmental impact and CO2 production associated with air-conditioning, it is
reasonable to evaluate the prospects of a clean energy source. Solar energy, via thermal
collectors can provide a part of the heating needs. Moreover, it can drive absorption chiller in
order to satisfy the cooling needs of buildings. The objective of the work is to evaluate
accurately the energy consumption of an air conditioning system including a solar driven
absorption chiller. The complete simulation environment includes the absorption chiller itself,
the cooling tower, the solar collectors field, heater, storage devices, pumps, heating-cooling
distribution, emission system and building. The modelling of each subsystem is detailed.
TRNSYS software modular approach provides the possibility to model and simulate this
complete system.
Disciplines :
Energy
Author, co-author :
Thomas, Sébastien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Surveillance de l'environnement
Andre, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement
Language :
English
Title :
Numerical simulation and performance assessment of an absorption solar air-conditioning system coupled with an office building
Publication date :
December 2010
Event name :
8th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings