Energy optimization of air conditioning system using hydrosolar roof as heat sink

An environmentally friendly alternative device, called Hydrosolar Roof, designed for heat dissipation in buildings has been necessary to include all the elements in a global model. Then, three main subsystems have been considered: Cooling Machine, Hydraulic Network and Hydrosolar Roof. A description...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Lucas Miralles, Manuel, Zamora Parra, Blas, Sánchez Kaiser, Antonio, Viedma Robles, Antonio
Format: article
Publication Date:2006
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repository:Repositorio Digital UPCT
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/605
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/605
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Tamaño de gota
Aire acondicionado
Chimenea solar
Torre de refrigeración
Energía solar
Drop size
Air conditioning
Solar chimney
Cooling tower
Solar energy
Mecánica de Fluidos
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Summary:An environmentally friendly alternative device, called Hydrosolar Roof, designed for heat dissipation in buildings has been necessary to include all the elements in a global model. Then, three main subsystems have been considered: Cooling Machine, Hydraulic Network and Hydrosolar Roof. A description of the three subsystem is done and the mathematical model is presented.The Cooling machine thermodynamic model has been carried out using EES (Engineering Equation Solver). The Hydraulic network model has piping, pump and nozzle information. The Hydrosolar Roof direct contact heat and mass transfer simulation has been development with a CFD code. Special attention has been paid on the cooling efficiency. The global model has been applied to a real prototype facility experimentally tested. All the energy consumptions have been calculated for different pumping heads. A global coefficient of performance (COP) has been defined and the optimum value obtained.