[TRNSYS-users] Sizing of Thermal Collector for absoprtion chiller

Bjoern Nienborg bjoern.nienborg at ise.fraunhofer.de
Thu Mar 1 00:49:43 PST 2012


Hi Lee,

a rule of thumb is 3...4m² per kW of nominal chilling capacity and but 
this may vary depending on collector type, driving temperature needed, 
system configuration, cooling load, etc.

You can find quite a good document on SAC here: 
http://www.solair-project.eu/122.0.html

Cheers,

Björn

Am 29.02.2012 18:04, schrieb hankiat lee:
> Hi,
>
> Do anyone have any proper steps to size the area of the thermal 
> collector for absorption chiller use? I can only find steps for hot 
> water system for a house.
> What the range of solar fraction needed?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lee
>
>
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