Lu Aye, Charters, WWS & Rusly, E 2001, 'Combined solar and electric air conditioning system', Bringing Solar Down to Earth, ISES 2001 Solar World Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 25 November-2 December 2001, pp. 1-4.

Abstract

It is logical to consider the use of solar thermal energy to drive a thermally operated cooling system because of the excellent temporal match between solar availability and building thermal load. One of the options falling in this category is that of the solar driven thermal jet ejector air conditioning system which unfortunately suffers from a low performance efficiency. Recent studies have concentrated on combining such an ejector system with a more conventional electrically driven vapour compression system to improve the overall system effectiveness. In this paper attention is focused on clarifying the important design parameters for one such system including the selection of the environmentally acceptable single refrigerant working fluid. Future work required is also indicated in terms of system simulation studies.