Solar-powered cooling systems: Technical and economic analysis on industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning applications

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1376-1386

  Desideri, Umberto ^a   Proietti, Stefania ^a   Sdringola, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; CHCP; Hotel building; Industrial refrigeration; Solar powered cooling; Thermo solar trigeneration

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; HOTELS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRIGENERATION PLANT;

CHCP; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; HOTEL BUILDING; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR-POWERED; TECHNICAL INSTALLATION; TRI-GENERATION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COOLING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; INSTALLATION; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MEAT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63449127125     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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