Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia

This study discusses the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of using absorption chillers driven by solar energy and/or natural gas, in selected shopping malls in Barranquilla, Caribbean region of Colombia. The high solar irradiation and the low prices of natural gas in the cities of...

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Rodriguez Toscano, Andres
Amaris, Carlos
Sagastume, Alexis
Bourouis, Mahmoud
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Absorption cooling
Solar thermal energy
Natural gas
Shopping malls
Solar cooling
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
title Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
spellingShingle Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
Absorption cooling
Solar thermal energy
Natural gas
Shopping malls
Solar cooling
title_short Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
title_full Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
title_fullStr Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
title_sort Technical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Rodriguez Toscano, Andres
Amaris, Carlos
Sagastume, Alexis
Bourouis, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Rodriguez Toscano, Andres
Amaris, Carlos
Sagastume, Alexis
Bourouis, Mahmoud
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv Absorption cooling
Solar thermal energy
Natural gas
Shopping malls
Solar cooling
topic Absorption cooling
Solar thermal energy
Natural gas
Shopping malls
Solar cooling
description This study discusses the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of using absorption chillers driven by solar energy and/or natural gas, in selected shopping malls in Barranquilla, Caribbean region of Colombia. The high solar irradiation and the low prices of natural gas in the cities of the Caribbean region of Colombia are attractive conditions for the use of absorption chillers. To prove the feasibility of absorption chillers in the Caribbean region of Colombia, the use of water/LiBr absorption chillers of 352 kW cooling capacity was investigated considering the cooling loads in selected malls. A thermodynamic model was developed to study the performance of the absorption chiller and evaluate different scenarios proposed. The results evidenced that the absorption chiller could reach a maximum COP and SCOP of 0.77 and 0.52, respectively. The different alternatives could reduce gas emissions between 17% and 76% depending on the cooling load covered by the absorption chillers and driving energy input as compared to the current use of mechanical compression chillers. The economic results indicated that the best scenario, considering a lifetime of 20 years, is the gas-driven absorption chiller with IRR varying from 40% to 54.6% depending on the mall cooling load covered.
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To prove the feasibility of absorption chillers in the Caribbean region of Colombia, the use of water/LiBr absorption chillers of 352 kW cooling capacity was investigated considering the cooling loads in selected malls. A thermodynamic model was developed to study the performance of the absorption chiller and evaluate different scenarios proposed. The results evidenced that the absorption chiller could reach a maximum COP and SCOP of 0.77 and 0.52, respectively. The different alternatives could reduce gas emissions between 17% and 76% depending on the cooling load covered by the absorption chillers and driving energy input as compared to the current use of mechanical compression chillers. The economic results indicated that the best scenario, considering a lifetime of 20 years, is the gas-driven absorption chiller with IRR varying from 40% to 54.6% depending on the mall cooling load covered.application/pdfengCorporación Universidad de la CostaCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Case Studies in Thermal Engineeringhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X21009060Absorption coolingSolar thermal energyNatural gasShopping mallsSolar coolingTechnical, environmental, and economic evaluation of a solar/gas driven absorption chiller for shopping malls in the Caribbean region of ColombiaArtículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion[1] IEA, Perspectivas energ´eticas mundiales 2019 - An´ alisis - IEA, Perspect. 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