Experimental evaluation of a direct air-cooled lithium bromide-water absorption prototype for solar air conditioning

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3358-3368

  Gonzalez Gil A ^a,b   Izquierdo, M ^a,b   Marcos, J D ^c   Palacios, E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d ETS Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption; Direct air cooled; Experiment; Lithium bromide; Prototype; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION TEMPERATURE; AIR COOLING SYSTEM; CHILLED WATER; COOLING POWER; DIRECT AIR-COOLED; DOUBLE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; LITHIUM BROMIDE; OPERATION MODE; OPERATION PARAMETERS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PROTOTYPE; SOLAR AIR-CONDITIONING; SOLAR COOLING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COOLING SYSTEMS; LITHIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 80052037098     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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