Solar cooling technologies. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sotirios Karellas, Tryfon C. Roumpedakis, Nikolaos Tzouganatos, Konstantinos Braimakis.
• Authors: Karellas, Sotirios; Roumpedakis, Tryfon C; Tzouganatos, Nikolaos; Braimakis, Konstantinos
• Contents: Preface Introduction 1.1 Global energy production and resources 1.2 Solar energy 1.3 Refrigeration applications 1.4 Refrigerants 1.5 Solar cooling status 1.6 References Thermodynamic Cycles for Solar Cooling 2.1 Carnot cycle for refrigeration 2.2 Mechanical refrigeration main components 2.3 Vapor compression cycle 2.4 Absorption cooling cycle 2.5 Adsorption cooling cycle 2.6 Desiccant cooling cycle 2.7 Organic Rankine Cycle 2.8 Supercritical CO2 cycle 2.9 References Solar thermal collectors 3.1 Non-concentrating solar collectors 3.2 Concentrating solar collectors 3.3 Collector applications 3.4 References Photovoltaic driven heat pumps 4.1 Photovoltaic systems 4.2 Solar electric chillers 4.3 Photovoltaic-Thermal systems 4.4 References Absorption cooling heat pumps 5.1 Absorption applications and performance data 5.2 Solar cooling with absorption chillers 5.3 Process model 5.4 References Adsorption cooling heat pumps 6.1 Adsorbents 6.2 Adsorption refrigerants 6.3 Adsorption working pairs 6.4 Adsorption chiller applications 6.5 Solar cooling with adsorption chillers 6.6 Overview of reported in literature adsorption systems 6.7 Process model 6.8 Model solution and results 6.9 Adsorption cooling applications 6.10 References Alternative and hybrid cooling systems 7.1 Alternative cooling systems 7.2 Hybrid cooling systems 7.3 Hybrid solar cooling systems 7.4 References Trigeneration systems 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Literature review 8.3 Case study: the BioTRIC trigeneration system 8.4 Conclusions 8.5 References Solar desiccant cooling 9.1 Evaporative cooling 9.2 Dehumidifiers/regenerators 9.3 Solid desiccant cooling 9.4 Liquid desiccant cooling 9.5 Coupling with solar setups 9.6 Solar driven desiccant cooling applications 9.7 References Thermal energy storage 10.1 Sensible thermal energy storage (STES) 10.2 Latent energy storage (LTES) 10.3 Thermochemical energy storage (TCS) 10.4 References Economic evaluation of solar cooling technologies 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Overview of solar cooling technologies 11.3 Literature review of solar cooling economic evaluation studies 11.4 Compilation of cost data of solar cooling technologies 11.5 Economic evaluation case studies 11.6 Conclusions 11.7 References Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 697.9/3; Solar air conditioning; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning; Solar air conditioning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351670395; 1351670395; 9781315163178; 1315163179; 9781351670401; 1351670409
• Related ISBNs: 9781138060173; 1138060178
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