Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Solar Pond Integrated with an Absorption Cooling System

Ahmad Saleh ()
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Ahmad Saleh: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zarqa University, Zarqa 13132, Jordan

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 22, 1-26

Abstract: Solar ponds are characterized by high storage capacity and the ability to provide a stable and continuous power source. Careful selection of the extraction rate helps to maintain supply temperature in a range suitable for the operation of an absorption unit. This study proposed a system in which a solar pond is coupled with an absorption chiller to investigate the resulting advantages. The chiller is cooled by using water of the upper convective zone, which ensures that the limit of deterioration of its performance is not reached and eliminates the need for an expensive cooling system. The key parameters in terms of ambient temperature, solar radiation, pond specifications, and cooling and refrigeration temperatures are investigated to optimize the proposed system design. The prediction of the model showed good agreement with the experimental results. By choosing the appropriate place to implement the system, such as the Dead Sea area, which enjoys favorable climatic conditions, it was found that a pond with an area of 3000 m 2 can produce a heat rate at a temperature of 80 °C that can drive a chiller with 126.3 kW cooling capacity, with overall COP of 0.183. Based on this study, it appears that this type of system is feasible and suitable for cooling production, especially in hot regions.

Keywords: solar pond; efficiency of solar pond; extraction rate; absorption chiller; coefficient of performance; cooling capacity (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: 2022
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