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Technological developments and market
perspectives for renewable energy cooling systems
Prof.Dr.habil. Ursula Eicker
Centre of Applied Research
Sustainable Energy Technology – zafh.net
University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
Collector field
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Solar cooling market
Source: Tecsol
Yazaki largest with 13%, then Broad, Thermax, LG, Ebara
2011 in France: 15 installations with 630 kW
21; 8%16; 6%
48; 18%
6; 2%
31; 11%
8; 3%
127; 47%
15; 5%
Austria
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Other EU Countries
Germany
Source: Green Chiller
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News and trends
Modified German renewable heat law (1.5.2011) includes 15% solar or 50% biomass heating and cooling for new buildings and for rehabilitation of public buildings
Combined heat-power-cold largest market segment: CHP for smart grid applications
A high efficiency 50 kW LiBr/H2O chiller was developed by ZAE Bayern/TU Berlin and Vattenfall with a COP of 0.8 from 25%-150% of nominal load, electric EER about 20
Liquid desiccant work ongoing in many places including the use of non-corrosive ionic liquids
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New large solar thermal systems deployed
3900 m² Flat plate collectors with 1575 kW single effect absorption (SOLID) in Singapore, 5000 m² 1750 kW Arizona
2052 m² parabolic trough collectors (Solitem) in Cyprus with 360 kW double effect chiller, 6 years amortisation
230 kW double effect chiller with PTC (NEP) in Cinema Complex, Newcastle, Australia
Packaged medium/large power absorption chiller systems with concentrated collectors
Thermax (India)
Hitachi (Japan)
Vicot Air Con (China)
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Sakura
SHL003 & SHL005
Water / Lithium Bromide
Source: Sakura Source: InvenSor
InvenSor
LTC9 & HTC11
Water / Zeolith
Source: SorTech
SorTech
ASC08 & ASC15
Water / Silica Gel
Source: Pink
Pink
PC14 & PC19
Ammonia / Water
Many low power systems available
Trends: packaged low power absorption chiller systems
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Heat rejection important issue for primary energy efficiency
Source: Jiangsu Huineng
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Primary energy savings?
Ziegler, F. Sorption heat pumping technologies: Comparisons and Challenges, International Journal of Refrigeration 32 (2009), pp 566 – 576
Comparison:
compression system COP 5.0
absorption system COP 0.6
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Photovoltaic electricity generation and compression cooling
Compression
cooling machine
Cold
storage
tank
Public grid
electricity
PV modules
Source: ZAE Bayern, IEA task 38
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zafh.net
PV Module Prices Development 2009 - 2011
Source: www.solarserver.de
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Cooling loads of buildings
CASE City Uwall
(W/
m²K)
Inter
nal
loads
Sun
Protec-
tion
Annual
cooling
load
(kWh/m²)
Annual
heating
load
(kWh/m²)
Maximum
cooling
load
(W/m²)
Case 1 Palermo 1.1 low yes 46 18 38.0
Case 2 Palermo 0.41 low yes 61 0 31.9
Case 3 Palermo 1.1 high no 94 2 54.1
Case 4 Palermo 0.41 high no 141 0 39.4
Case 5 Madrid 0.66 low yes 34 11 34.4
Case 6 Madrid 0.41 low yes 36 5 32.6
Case 7 Madrid 0.66 high no 88 0 35.6
Case 8 Madrid 0.41 high no 97 0 34.2
Case 9 Stuttgart 1.1 low yes 8 56 23.8
Case 10 Stuttgart 0.41 low yes 17 20 22.6
Case 11 Stuttgart 1.1 high no 31 25 29.8
Case 12 Stuttgart 0.41 high no 54 2 30.2
3 storey office building
927 m² surface
15
64
ground view
second floor
office floor
310m²
vertical section first floor
ground floor
43
43
77
39
8
2131
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Solar fraction for PV and ST cooling
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Primary energy savings for cooling
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Cost comparison
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Total annual costs
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Cost of cooling production
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Solar cooling for Kairo office building
15100 m² surface
52 W/m² cooling load
130 kWh/m² cooling
energy demand
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Case Chiller
Type Cooling Capacity
Collector
Type Collector Area Storage Tank
brut aperture hot cold
Case 1 Single
Effect 422 kW Vacuum
Tube 2025 m² 1350 m² 20 m³ 10 m³
Case 2 Double
Effect 500 kW Linear
Fresnel 2050 m² 1320 m² 20 m³ 10 m³
Case 3 Triple
Effect 563 kW Linear
Fresnel 1280 m² 800 m² -- m³ 10 m³
Kawasaki Sigma, triple effect
Ace CF01-10-0001
Shuangliang, double effect
500 kW
THERMAX, single effect
ProChill LT12C
Comparison of large multi-effect systems
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Solar Collectors and back-up
Vacuum tubes
Jiangsu Sunrain
TZ47/1500-10U
0= 0.65
a1=1.585 W/m²K
a2= 0.002 W/m²K²
Linear Fresnel
Industrial Solar GmbH
0= 0.62
a1= 1.585 W/m²K
a2= 0.002 W/m²K²
Case Chiller
Type Cooling Capacity
Backup
heating Additional cooling (compression chiller)
power heat rejection
Average COPel
Case 1 Single
Effect 422 kW ---
380 kW direct dry 2.8
Case 2 Double
Effect 500 kW Gas boiler 300 kW direct dry 2.8
Case 3 Triple
Effect 563 kW Direct gas
burner 240 kW direct dry 2.8
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Absorption Cooling Fraction and Solar System Efficiency
37%
91%93%
40%
31%
27%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Single effect ACM + vacuum tube collectors
Double effect ACM + Fresnel collectors
Triple effect ACM + Fresnel collectors
Sola
r syste
m e
ffic
iency /
%
AC
M fra
ction /
%
ACM fraction Solar system efficiency
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Heating Energy Consumption and Average COPth
1050
792
469
577
534
0.70
1.31
1.83
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Single effect ACM +
vacuum tube collectors
Double effect ACM +
Fresnel collectors
Triple effect ACM +
Fresnel collectors
CO
Pth
/ -
Heating e
nerg
y c
onsum
ption /
MW
h a
-1
Qh_solar Qh_additional COPth
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Primary Energy Efficiency
183
443 462
12401443
692 6401194
176128
1900
1.431.50
1.60 1.59
1.37
1.04
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
Single effect ACM +
vacuum tube collectors
Double effect ACM + Fresnel
collectors
Triple effect ACM + Fresnel
collectors
CCM with PV collectors,
grid as ideal storage
CCM with PV collectors, electricity
directly used
Reference system with compression chiller only
Pri
ma
ry e
ne
rgy r
atio
PE
R /
-
Pri
ma
ry e
ne
rgy c
on
su
mp
tio
n /
MW
h a
-1
Electricity Additional heating Additional cooling PER
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System Costs Including Installation and Integration T
ota
l syste
m c
osts
/ €
Specific
syste
m c
osts
/ € p
er
kW
coolin
g p
ow
er
2 242
2 626
2 040
1 102 1 102
381
0
500
1 000
1 500
2 000
2 500
3 000
0 €
250 000 €
500 000 €
750 000 €
1 000 000 €
1 250 000 €
1 500 000 €
1E 2E 3E CCM_PV CCM_PV_dir CCM_ref.
Installation and integration
Piping
hot and cold storage
Collector / PV
Chiller and heat rejection
Specific system costs
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Overall Cooling Costs / Office Building in Cairo, Egypt
Prices: Gas = 0.0174 €/kWh Electricity = 0.062 €/kWh Water = 1.6 € / m³
Source: www.worldtribune.com Inflation rate = 5.6%/a Discount rate = 6%/a
78
92
82
6566
51
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
- €
20 000 €
40 000 €
60 000 €
80 000 €
100 000 €
120 000 €
140 000 €
160 000 €
180 000 €
200 000 €
1E 2E 3E CCM_PV CCM_PV_dir CCM_ref.
Cool
ing
cost
s [€/
MW
h]
Ann
ual C
osts
[€/a
]
Operational cost annuity
System cost annuity
Cooling costs
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Overall Cooling Costs / Office Building in Cyprus
Prices: Gas = 0.101 €/kWh Electricity = 0.230 €/kWh Water = 4.0 € / m³
Inflation rate = 5.6%/a Discount rate = 6%/a
161
187
171
131
143148
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
- €
50 000 €
100 000 €
150 000 €
200 000 €
250 000 €
300 000 €
350 000 €
400 000 €
1E 2E 3E CCM_PV CCM_PV_dir CCM_ref.
Spec
ific
cool
ing
cost
s [€/
MW
h]
Ann
ual c
oolin
g co
sts [€/
a]
Operational cost annuity
System cost annuity
Cooling costs
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Conclusions
Cooled surface area and solar cooling market is growing
New components and solar cooling kits are available in all power ranges
Solar thermal cooling can be cost effective today with long chiller lifetimes and high cooling loads
The primary energy efficiency of solar thermal cooling is comparable or higher than photovoltaic cooling, especially when double or triple effect chillers are used
An efficient heat rejection system is essential
Primary energy savings of 30 to 50% are reached at solar fractions around 50%