Techno-Economic Investigation of an Integrated Boiler–Solar Water Heating/Cooling System: A Case Study

Mohammad Al-Smairan, Moayyad Shawaqfah and Fares AlMomani
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Mohammad Al-Smairan: Head, Renewable Energy Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
Moayyad Shawaqfah: Civil Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
Fares AlMomani: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar

Energies, 2020, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: With the increase in oil prices, developing nations end up paying expensive electricity and heating bill. This leading study investigates the experimental development of a new energy-saving system by integrating a solar water heater and solar cooling absorption cycle with a conventional boiler for domestic hot water and heating purposes. The heating and cooling load calculations for space heating of the building were calculated using TRNSYS 14.1 computer software and the results were used in calculating the energy-saving value. A 65 flat plate solar collector-chiller system with a total surface area of 130 m 2 was integrated with the boiler and used to supply heating and cooling for a three-story building (1500 m 2 ) in Al Bayt University, Jordan. The integrated system helped to save energy, reduced the emission of CO 2 into the atmosphere, supplied hot water, and space heating/cooling requirements to the building year-round, and reduced the overall energy cost of heating and cooling by 55% and 48%, respectively. Moreover, the techno-economic analysis showed that the payback period of the combined system with a total cost of $18,650 is roughly 2.5-year. The solar water heating/cooling system has the potential to provide more than 50% of the house energy demand free of charge with a significant reduction in carbon footprint.

Keywords: solar cooling/heating; energy storage; process optimization; weather data; integrated cooling/heating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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