Development of a photovoltaic driven thermodynamic chiller. Application to solar air conditioning and cooling storage

International audienceThis paper presents a smart design named PV COOLING to produce solar cooling using low GWP heat pump system coupled with a standard photovoltaic plant. A maximum of self-consumption is promoted by means of a light bank of batteries and chilled water tank. For this, a test bench has been installed on the building roof in the south of France with the originality to be entirely controllable in terms of building load injected. Thereafter, this new system aims to be used for airconditioning and/or dehumidification in the tertiary sector and positive cold storage in the industrial sector in countries where climatic, regulatory and technical conditions are suitable. PV COOLING potential is developed within a market study. The aim of this study is to assess the thermal / electrical performances of our test bench with the purpose to airconditioning a building by means of several sensors and meters