TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance test of solar-assisted ejector cooling system
AU - Huang, Bin-Juine
AU - Ton, Wei-Zhe
AU - Wu, Chen-Chun
AU - Ko, Hua-Wei
AU - Chang, Hsien-Shun
AU - Hsu, Hang-Yuen
AU - Liu, Jen-Hao
AU - Wu, Jia-Hung
AU - Yen, Rue-Her
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUK-C1-014-12
Acknowledgements: This publication is based on the work supported by Award No.KUK-C1-014-12, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - A solar-assisted ejector cooling/heating system (SACH-2k) is built and test result is reported. The solar-driven ejector cooling system (ECS) is connected in series with an inverter-type air conditioner (IAC). Several advanced technologies are developed in SACH-k2, including generator liquid level control in ECS, the ECS evaporator temperature control, and optimal control of fan power in cooling tower of ECS. From the field test results, the generator liquid level control performs quite well and keeps stable performance of ejector. The ECS evaporator temperature control also performs satisfactorily to keep ejector performance normally under low or fluctuating solar radiation. The fan power control system cooling tower performs stably and reduces the power consumption dramatically without affecting the ECS performance. The test results show that the overall system COPo including power consumptions of peripheral increases from 2.94-3.3 (IAC alone) to 4.06-4.5 (SACH-k2), about 33-43%. The highest COPo is 4.5. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.
AB - A solar-assisted ejector cooling/heating system (SACH-2k) is built and test result is reported. The solar-driven ejector cooling system (ECS) is connected in series with an inverter-type air conditioner (IAC). Several advanced technologies are developed in SACH-k2, including generator liquid level control in ECS, the ECS evaporator temperature control, and optimal control of fan power in cooling tower of ECS. From the field test results, the generator liquid level control performs quite well and keeps stable performance of ejector. The ECS evaporator temperature control also performs satisfactorily to keep ejector performance normally under low or fluctuating solar radiation. The fan power control system cooling tower performs stably and reduces the power consumption dramatically without affecting the ECS performance. The test results show that the overall system COPo including power consumptions of peripheral increases from 2.94-3.3 (IAC alone) to 4.06-4.5 (SACH-k2), about 33-43%. The highest COPo is 4.5. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/599168
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140700713001564
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2013.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2013.06.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0140-7007
VL - 39
SP - 172
EP - 185
JO - International Journal of Refrigeration
JF - International Journal of Refrigeration
ER -