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Abstract—This paper shows the results of the TRNSYS modeling collectors, a hot water storage tank and an external auxiliary
and simulation of a solar absorption cooling system under the boiler.
weather conditions of Guayaquil, Ecuador in order to partially
satisfy the thermal demand of an office building. The maximum 40
hourly thermal load reaches 153 kW. The proposed model 35
utilizes evacuated tube collectors, a LiBr-H2O single effect
Temperature °C
30
B. System modeling
For the system modeling and simulation the software
35000 155
TRNSYS (Transient Systems Simulation Program) [9] was
used. TRNSYS is the most used software by researchers to 30000 150
Cooling Energy [kWh]
read an external file with the hourly thermal loads previously 15000
135
125
The evacuated-tubes solar collectors used were the Sunstar 5000 120
Olymp HP 65/20 [10] represented by the "Type 71" in 0 115
TRNSYS. The absorption machine was a Yazaki WFC SC 50
with 175 kW of nominal power represented by the "Type 107".
Finally, the meteorological data used was in the TMY2 format
(Typical Meteorological Year) for Guayaquil city and this data Monthly cooling energy required Max hourly cooling load
0,6 0,8
0,5 0,7
0,4 0,6
Solar Fraction
0,3 0,5
0,2 0,4
0,1
0,3
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 0,2
Collector area [m2] 0,1
0
Figure 4. Solar fraction at different collector’s surfaces
0,6
In addition, the optimum slope for the solar collectors in
0,4
Guayaquil was determined. To this end, the yearly energy
0,2 captured by a single collector Sunstar Olymp HP 65/20 of
0
2.92 m2 successively inclined at different slopes was calculated
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 and results are reported in Fig. 9. It is observed that the most
Storage tank volume [m3] favorable slope angles are 0° and 10° facing north. The reason
for having a slope so low is because of the proximity of
Figure 5. Solar fraction at different storage tank volume Guayaquil to the equator line. For this study, it was considered
an optimum angle of 10° because having an inclination in the
0,7 collectors is favorable for self-cleaning.
0,65 IV. CONCLUSIONS
Solar Fraction
300 1200
200 800
Heat kWh
150 600
100 400
50 200
0 0
5000
4500
4000 REFERENCES
Heat collected [kWh]
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT [6] Assilzadeh, F., S. A. Kalogirou, Y. Ali and K. Sopian, "Simulation and
This work wouldn't have been achieved without the help of optimization of a LiBr solar absorption cooling system with evacuated
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Energy (INER) in Ecuador which provided the necessary data [7] Simeb, Simeb - Simulation -énergétique de bâtiments, 2011,
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for the system simulations. The authors would like to thank the
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partners of the Industrial Research Chair in Energy
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