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Life cycle performance assessment of small solar thermal cooling systems and conventional plants assisted with photovoltaics
Sonia LongoMaurizio CelluraPietro FinocchiaroB NockeMarco BeccaliFrancesco Guarinosubject
ChillerSolar coolingSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryPhotovoltaic systemLife Cycle AssessmentAutomotive engineeringSolar cooling; Life Cycle Assessment; PhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectorSolar air conditioningPhotovoltaicsThermalGrid-connected photovoltaic power systemEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials SciencebusinessLife-cycle assessmentdescription
Starting from the results of a Life Cycle Assessment of small solar assisted heat driven chillers, the application of such methodology has been extended to systems with a conventional compression chiller assisted by a photovoltaic plant (PV). This study aims to provide a comprehensive compared investigation of these two families of solar assisted cooling systems (with solar thermal or PV). Results indicate that, in many cases, the systems with the PV grid connected plant performed best. In addition, two more configurations were investigated to further define the PV assisted systems, which minimise their interaction with the grid through the use of electricity storages. These systems performed worse than the PV grid connected systems and the solar thermal assisted systems in nearly all the analysed cases. 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-01 | Solar Energy |