Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells
This experiment is to study an absorption refrigerator driven by solar cells. Hand-held or carried in vehicle can be powered by solar energy in places without power. In the evenings or rainy days, it is powered by storage battery, and it can be directly powered by alternating current (AC) power supp...
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| author | Zi-Jie Chien Hung-Pin Cho Ching-Song Jwo Chao-Chun Chien Sih-Li Chen Yen-Lin Chen |
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| description | This experiment is to study an absorption refrigerator driven by solar cells. Hand-held or carried in vehicle can be powered by solar energy in places without power. In the evenings or rainy days, it is powered by storage battery, and it can be directly powered by alternating current (AC) power supply if available, and the storage battery can be charged full as a backup supply. The proposed system was tested by the alternation of solar irradiance 550 to 700 W/m2 as solar energy and 500ml ambient temperature water as cooling load. After 160 minutes, the proposal refrigerator can maintain the temperature at 5–8°C, and the coefficient of performance (COP) of NH3-H2O absorption refrigeration system is about 0.25. Therefore, this system can be expected to be used in remote areas for refrigeration of food and beverages in outdoor activities in remote and desert areas or long-distance road transportation of food or low temperature refrigeration of vaccine to avoid the deterioration of the food or the vaccines. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2718b94011014e4083104d00c7f90e222025-02-03T06:08:13ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/490124490124Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar CellsZi-Jie Chien0Hung-Pin Cho1Ching-Song Jwo2Chao-Chun Chien3Sih-Li Chen4Yen-Lin Chen5Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, TaiwanThis experiment is to study an absorption refrigerator driven by solar cells. Hand-held or carried in vehicle can be powered by solar energy in places without power. In the evenings or rainy days, it is powered by storage battery, and it can be directly powered by alternating current (AC) power supply if available, and the storage battery can be charged full as a backup supply. The proposed system was tested by the alternation of solar irradiance 550 to 700 W/m2 as solar energy and 500ml ambient temperature water as cooling load. After 160 minutes, the proposal refrigerator can maintain the temperature at 5–8°C, and the coefficient of performance (COP) of NH3-H2O absorption refrigeration system is about 0.25. Therefore, this system can be expected to be used in remote areas for refrigeration of food and beverages in outdoor activities in remote and desert areas or long-distance road transportation of food or low temperature refrigeration of vaccine to avoid the deterioration of the food or the vaccines.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/490124 |
| spellingShingle | Zi-Jie Chien Hung-Pin Cho Ching-Song Jwo Chao-Chun Chien Sih-Li Chen Yen-Lin Chen Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells |
| title_full | Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells |
| title_short | Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells |
| title_sort | experimental investigation on an absorption refrigerator driven by solar cells |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/490124 |
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