DocumentCode :
149873
Title :
Applications of solar air conditioning assisted systems in Sub-Saharan Africa for residential buildings
Author :
Matenda, M.P. ; Raji, A. ; Fritz, W.
Author_Institution :
Cape Peninsula Univ. of Technol., Bellville, South Africa
fYear :
2014
fDate :
1-2 April 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates how it is possible to set up a solar-powered air conditioning system to provide a comfortable environment for the residential buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa. This report discusses solar-powered air conditioners (a solar heat-driven refrigeration system with electricity as a backup). It focuses on the basic components of the system without elaborating on the auxiliary component such as air handling unit, and others components. In addition, this paper describes and develops a model and simulation of the collector to predict the working performance and efficiency of the collector face forweather in Sub-Saharan Africa. The collector used in this report for the experimentations is a vacuum air collector chosen randomly amongst collectors proposed by Integrated Simulation Environment Language (INSEL software). Although evacuated tubular collector is the most widely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the applicability of a solar air conditioning system is feasible in Sub-Saharan Africa. Such a system is capable of mitigating the consumption of energy in buildings by using the refrigerant that has low Ozone Depletion Potential andlow Global Warming Potential.
Keywords :
HVAC; buildings (structures); energy consumption; solar absorber-convertors; solar power; INSEL software; Integrated Simulation Environment Language; Sub-Saharan Africa; air handling unit; auxiliary component; energy consumption; evacuated tubular collector; global warming potential; ozone depletion potential; refrigerant; residential buildings; solar air conditioning assisted systems; solar heat-driven refrigeration system; solar-powered air conditioners; solar-powered air conditioning system; vacuum air collector; Absorption; Africa; Air conditioning; Atmospheric modeling; Meteorology; Solar heating; Solar radiation; HVAC systems; Rankina cycle; Solar air conditioning assisted system; solar collectors; vapor compression system;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Domestic Use of Energy (DUE), 2014 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9922041-4-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/DUE.2014.6827773
Filename :
6827773
Link To Document :
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