{"title":"Automation of a solar adsorption refrigeration system","authors":"A. El Fadar, A. Haddi, M. Becherif, J. Jay","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529722","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to present the automation of a solar adsorption refrigeration system powered by a parabolic trough concentrator. This automation consists of the introduction of some adequate components such as solenoid valves, sensors (pressure, temperature and level) and pumps, which will be piloted by a programmable logic controller. Besides, to produce the electric energy necessary to the working of this refrigeration system and therefore to make it totally autonomous, a second system has been designed; it is composed of a parabolic dish reflector and a turbine coupled to an alternator that converts the mechanical work into electricity. Furthermore, in order to store the excess thermal energy delivered by the concentrator, a subsystem constituted of a pump and a supplementary reservoir is integrated to the main refrigeration system; the stored heat could serve to a domestic use. In addition to entire autonomy purpose of the unit during cold production, the simulation results showed that the proposed automation could enhance the system performance.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529722","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present the automation of a solar adsorption refrigeration system powered by a parabolic trough concentrator. This automation consists of the introduction of some adequate components such as solenoid valves, sensors (pressure, temperature and level) and pumps, which will be piloted by a programmable logic controller. Besides, to produce the electric energy necessary to the working of this refrigeration system and therefore to make it totally autonomous, a second system has been designed; it is composed of a parabolic dish reflector and a turbine coupled to an alternator that converts the mechanical work into electricity. Furthermore, in order to store the excess thermal energy delivered by the concentrator, a subsystem constituted of a pump and a supplementary reservoir is integrated to the main refrigeration system; the stored heat could serve to a domestic use. In addition to entire autonomy purpose of the unit during cold production, the simulation results showed that the proposed automation could enhance the system performance.