Solar Cooling

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Department of Environmental Engineering

Synopsis:

Students will get the knowledge on possibilities of different types of advanced solar systems for air-conditioning and cooling in buildings, their parameters, components, energy balancing and economic analysis.

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Syllabus of lectures:

Solar cooling, Cooling load calculations, impact on system design, on thermodynamics and planning issues of open sorption (dessicant), absorption and adsorption cooling systems, requirements for solar collectors, integration of solar cooling chillers into system.

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Study materials:

Henning, H.M.: Solar Assisted Air-Conditioning in Buildings, Springer 2004, ISBN 3211006478

Eicker, U.: Solar Technologies for Buildings, Wiley, 2003, ISBN 047148637X

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The course is a part of the following study plans: