Researcher: Jordan McNally
Project Description
The purpose for this research is to determine through experimental and simulated results if adsorption cooling is economically feasible in residential applications. An adsorption chiller can be paired with a flat plate solar collector to produce cooling and heating for a home with little electrical input. Reducing electrical input will reduce costs as well as reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
The experimental setup includes a SorTech adsorption chiller which connected through a heat exchanger to a steam line for heat input, a dry-cooler for heat rejection, and a air conditioning loop. Through utilizing control vales and pump controls we can simulate heat input into the chiller from a flat plate collector given solar data. A simulation model was created from a performance map generated from the experimental results.
The adsorption chiller model is incorporated in numerous system models to compare different system configuration to standard air-conditioners, natural gas furnaces, electric heating, and heat pumps. These simulations are run for locations in every province and some territories.
The results from this research aim to provide a system cost analysis as well as an analysis for which provinces will benefit the most economically and environmentally from this technology.
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