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Sensitivity Analysis of the CO-SAR Machine


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v9i1.4814

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The day-long continuous production of cold is one of the challenges for a solar-driven cooling system due to the intermittent nature of the solar radiation. In a previous work (Energy 2013;61:167-178), a continuous operation solar-powered adsorption refrigeration (CO-SAR) system was introduced. A further study on the system dependency on various parameters is presented in the current work. These parameters include the evaporator, the condensation, the ambient, and the highest cycle temperatures. That is besides, the effect of metallic casing heat capacity, and total porosity of the adsorption bed are studied. The thermodynamic analysis is based on the steady state energy balance principle. Moreover, the Dubinin-Astakhov equation is used to represent the adsorption equilibrium model. Furthermore, a CO-SAR system which operates with activated carbon-methanol working pair is considered the case investigated.
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Refrigeration; Adsorption; Solar Energy; Sensitivity Analysis

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