HO-82-08-3 -- A Comparison of Eight Solar-Driven Absorption Cooling Systems in the National Solar Data Network PDF

Large solar driven cooling systems of the absorption chiller type offer opportunities to apply solar energy to the air conditioning of buildings with the attendant savings in conventional energy resources. Many complex design problems are encountered in the attempt to implement this technology. For instance, the range of readily available solar installation operating temperatures is at the low end of the required range for effective operation of the chillers. A study has been made of eight such systems which were operated in a variety of climates during the 1980 cooling season and instrumented within the National Solar Data Network (NSDN). Presented here are summary results of this study. Considerably more detail on the performance of these systems is contained in the reference along with a brief discussion of absorption chillers and their application in solar designs.1