Investigation of a solar cooling installation in Tunisia

Applied Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-148

  Balghouthi, M ^a   Chahbani, M H ^b   Guizani, A ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

^b Department of Physics   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Backup night storage; Double effect absorption chiller; Parabolic trough solar collector; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL TANKS; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER TANKS;

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; BUILDING LOAD; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DOUBLE EFFECT ABSORPTION CHILLERS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; EQUIVALENT ENERGY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR FRACTION; TUNISIA; WATER SOLUTIONS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSTALLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84862218376     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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