Study of Solar Driven Adsorption Cooling Potential in Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia has a big potential in utilizing solar energy. In fact, tropical area like Indonesia has a quite stable solar radiation. This paper presented a study using simulation to investigate the performance of solar driven two bed adsorption chiller based on Indonesia climate. Climatic data of several cities in Indonesia is being used. The chiller is being mathematically modeled and calculated numerically using MATLAB®. The simulation is run transiently at working hours to achieve temperature in some points in the system. Moreover, additional PCM is also added to the hot water tank in order to achieve a better performance. The results demonstrated the running characteristic of the chiller with the range of COP 0.043-0.342. In general, the chiller performance can reach COP 0.282 with 17 kW cooling capacity when utilize the solar radiation varies between some cities as input energy. Moreover, Adding PCM in hot water tank also can improve the chiller's performance. Since the amount of heat is essential to the performance of the adsorption chiller, it is better to pre-heat the water before using. By pre-heating and getting the water to a higher temperature, it will generate a higher cooling power needed to meet demand which can be sustained and stable throughout the use of adsorption chiller.

Energy and exergy analysis of an enhanced solar CCHP system with a collector embedded by porous media and nano fluid

“…Today, we are experiencing global warming which leads to higher surrounding temperature. Most of electricity generation in Iran is still dominated by fossil fuel as main energy source like coal, oil, and gas [26]. Solar Cogeneration is one of the methods to enhance energy efficiency, reduce energy loss, and reduce energy costs.…”

“…In the eq. ( 11), f is the constant of air dilution Received exergy from the collector is [2]: (12) α is the heat transfer augmentation coefficient, based on porous materials added to the collectors [26]. The coefficient α for flat and parabolic solar collectors is determined by researchers at the Materials and Energy Research Institute.…”

“…In these experiments, the heat loss dropped sharply by adding porous materials. Solar collectors with copper adsorbent in a discharge above 4 liters per minute had a loss of 67 percent and with nickel adsorbent at a discharge of 4 liters up to 58 percent of the heat loss [26]. In absorption mode, using the porous medium, the heat recovery coefficient is greatly improved.…”