Adaptation of an adsorptive solar refrigerator to Moroccan climates

F. Bentayeb, F. Lemmini and J.J. Guilleminot

Renewable Energy, 1995, vol. 6, issue 7, 867-882

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a model taking account of the real operation of an adsorptive solar refrigerator using activated carbon-methanol pairs, as a function of the climatic conditions: ambient temperature and insolation. The model is used to simulate the operation of the refrigerator in two Moroccan climates: Rabat, temperate and humid, and Marrakech, dry and hot. The numerical simulation shows that the behaviour of the refrigerator is different from one climate to the other. In Rabat, which has a Mediterranean climate, the cold room temperature can be maintained at a value practically always less than 5°C; whereas in Marrakech, which has a pre-Saharan climate, an overheating problem can arise in the summer season and temperatures in the cold room can reach 17°C. Results also show that in both climates we are confronted with the problem of freezing because the cold room temperatures can be less than 0°C and reach − 15°C in the winter.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)E0020-6

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