A high efficiency solar air conditioner using concentrating photovoltaic/thermal collectors

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-147

  Al Alili, A ^a   Hwang, Y ^a   Radermacher, R ^a   Kubo, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

PVT collector; Solid desiccant; TRNSYS; UAE; Vapor compression cycle

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; DRIERS (MATERIALS); PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; VAPORS;

ABU DHABI; AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR CONDITIONING LOAD; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; DESICCANT WHEELS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HOT WATER; KEY PARAMETERS; LATENT LOAD; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; PVT COLLECTOR; SENSIBLE LOAD; SOLAR ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT SYSTEMS; TRNSYS; UAE; VAPOR COMPRESSION CYCLE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84857993854     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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