suninverse

Solar Cooling with suninverse absorption chiller

Perpignan May 2007

www.sonnenklima.de
 Solar chillers

Idea

suninverse
meet increasing need
System
for air conditioning
State of
development
by using renewable energies
most efficiently!
 SK SonnenKlima is one of the pioneers for
absorption chiller for solar cooling

The technical principle is easy and well known

Idea

suninverse

System

State of The innovation lies in small units with low driving temperatures
development
Solar chillers usually need driving temperatures over
100°C , therefor they can only be run by expensive
high efficiancy evacuated tubes.
The solar chiller of SonnenKlima GmbH needs driving
temperatures under 60°C, the nominal output of 10
kW is achieved by 75°C.
That makes it suitable for small applications with flat
plate collectors.
 State of development
history

Until 2000
ZAE Bayern develops a functional absorption chiller model which
is designed to run with low driving temperatures,.suitable for
solarthermal systems
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From 2001
Phönix SonnenWärme AG develops a solar cooling system in
suninverse
cooperation with ZAE Bayern and TU Berlin
(3-year EU-project)
System
2003
Phönix SonnenWärme AG secures the economic utilization of the
State of
developments based on license agreements
development
2004
Rights are secured by patents for important details

2005
4th generation prototypes start running in demonstration projects

2006
Founding SK SolarKlima GmbH
 Absorption chiller

Idea

suninverse

System

State of
development 1925 mm

mm
80
10
694 mm
 Operational results (15°/18°)
- configuration -

Operational results for fan-coils with low driving temperatures:

Driving Chilled water 13-15°C

Idea
temperatures: @ 2,9m³/h
60 -95°C
suninverse
@1,2m³/h

System

State of
development

Reject heat at maschine inlet

27°C, outlet 29°C to 39°C
@2,6m³/h
 Operational results (15°/18°)
- summary of the measurements -

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System

State of
development
 Operational results (6°/9°)
- configuration -

Operational results for fan-coils with low driving temperatures:

Driving Chilled water 5-9°C @

Idea
temperatures: 1,2-2m³/h
60 -95°C
suninverse
@1,2m³/h

System

State of
development

Reject heat at maschine inlet

27°C, outlet 29°C to 35°C
@2,6m³/h
 Operational results (15°/18°)
- summary of the measurements -

Idea

suninverse

System

State of
development
 Transient operation
with fan-coils and flat plate collectors (09 / 2005)

Idea

suninverse

System

State of
development

Flow rates Generator 1,0m³/h

Evaporator 1,6m³/h
Reject heat flow 2,0 m³/h
 Transient operation
with fan-coils and flat plate collectors (09 / 2005)

Idea

suninverse

System

State of
development
 Application system: general

1. Possible heat sources:

• solarthermal
• district heating
Idea
• CHP
suninverse

System
2. Solar Absorption Chiller
State of
development

3. Cold distribution
 Solar cooling

Solar cooling since 2003:

• Solar cooling Phönix Sonnenwärme AG since 2003

• Solar cooling DBU project Osnabrück since July 2005
Idea

suninverse

Topics:
System
control development
State of flat plate collectors
development
vacuum tubes
wet cooler development
air handling ceiling
fan coils
purge System
 Cooling by district heating

District heating since June 2005

Idea

suninverse

Topics:
System
control development
State of hydraulics
development
wet cooler monitoring
air handling ceiling
purge System
 operational results
and experiences

Idea • About 6.000 operation hours

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• Long term operation of purge system proved
System
• COP and performance data proved
State of
development • Control solutions for different systems

• Remote supervision system

 SK SonnenKlima GmbH

• Founding 25. September 2006

• Share capital 25.000 €
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• Shareholder
suninverse • PHÖNIX SonnenWärme AG
• Enus GmbH
System
• Management
State of - Dr. Georg Buchholz
development
• Technical staff
- Frank Göbel
- Volker Clauß
 Contact

SK SonnenKlima GmbH
Dr. Georg Buchholz
Frank Göbel
Volker Clauß
Am Treptower Park 28-30
D-12435 Berlin
Tel: 030 / 53 0007 272
Tel: 030 / 53 0007 233
Fax: 030 / 53 0007 17