Xiang Xiao1, Wei Zhao1, Wei Wang1, Wei Zhang1, Xianbiao Bu2, Lingbao Wang2,*, Huashan Li2
Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.1, pp. 89-101, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.014016
- 17 November 2020
Abstract Solar energy powered organic Rankine cycle vapor compression cycle (ORC-VCC) is a good alternative to convert solar heat into a cooling effect. In this study, an ORC-VCC system driven by solar energy combined with electric motor is proposed to ensure smooth operation under the conditions that solar radiation is unstable and discontinuous, and an office building located in Guangzhou, China is selected as a case study. The results show that beam solar radiation and generation temperature have considerable effects on the system performance. There is an optimal generation temperature at which the system achieves optimum More >