Application of geothermal absorption air-conditioning system: A case study

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-80

  Wang, Xiaolin ^a,d   Bierwirth, Alex ^a   Christ, Alexander ^a   Whittaker, Peter ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^a,b   Chua, Hui Tong ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption chiller; Air conditioning; Cooling; Geothermal energy; Pumping; Sedimentary aquifer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; BASELOAD; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COOLING LOAD; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; HEAT-DRIVEN; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LOW CARBON; LOW GRADE; OPERATION SCHEMES; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AIR CONDITIONING; AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; SORPTION;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 84866483849     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.05.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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