Design and Realization of a Solar Adsorption Refrigeration Machine Powered by Solar Energy

AbstractThis work aims to the experimental realization of a refrigerator prototype that uses an adsorption tube collector for cooling, in which solar energy can be directly absorbed. The development of a software giving an estimate of the activated carbon and methanol quantities in the refrigeration system, the quantities of energy used in its various parts, their design, the refrigeration and solar performance coefficient was carried out, and this according to the temperature data, total radiation and the dimension of the refrigeration compartment to be cooled. The thermal COP of the prototype was founded equal to 0.49 depending thus on the refrigerating effect and the energy absorbed in the collector-adsorbor. The solar COP was founded equal to 0.081 depending on the refrigerating effect and the solar radiation