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dc.contributor.supervisorDai, Ming
dc.contributor.authorFakhraldin, Shahen Mohammed
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-14T12:37:52Z
dc.date.available2016-10-14T12:37:52Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier10341880en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/6528
dc.description.abstract

With the objectives of designing a solar cooling system with cold storage unit for the Iraqi climate, solar energy resources were assessed and methods were proposed to enhance harvesting the solar energy in the Iraqi climate. Where the results showed that adopting monthly average optimal tilt angles led to an increase in the amount of useful solar energy gained nearly 9%. A methodology of multi objective optimisation of solar absorption cooling system was then developed and demonstrated by applying it in a domestic application in Baghdad. Maximising the system performance in exergy, economic and environment were the objectives of the project. A decision-making tool was then implemented to select the most suitable design. The optimal proposed system has exergy efficiency of 56%, total cost rate of 4.19US$/hr, annual CO2 emission of 32199kg and payback period of 18.7years. After analysing the optimal configuration of the system, a cold thermal energy storage unit with the solar absorption cooling system was suggested in order to store the cold energy produced by the system at times when the solar energy is available (at daytime) and use (discharge) it at times when there is no solar energy available (at night). Next, a new control strategy was developed and applied in the system to make it more cost effective. Five scenarios were considered to manage the quantity of charging of the cold storage tank according to the splitting rate of the mass of the supplied chilled water by the chiller to the cold storage tank and the building. Finally, the chosen optimal system that uses an efficient controlled cold thermal energy storage, has exergy efficiency of 69.4%, total cost rate of 4.25US$/hr and total avoided annual CO2 emissions of 33.9% less than system without cold storage tank. Additionally, without any government incentive, the payback was recorded 9.3years, which was 50% less than the system without cold storage tank.

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dc.description.sponsorshipIraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Researchen_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Plymouth
dc.subjectAbsorption chiller
dc.subjectCold thermal energy storage
dc.subjectOptimisation
dc.subjectControl
dc.subjectSolar coolingen_US
dc.subject.classificationPhDen_US
dc.titleDesign of a solar cooling system for Iraq climateen_US
dc.typeThesis
plymouth.versionpublishableen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.24382/696
dc.rights.embargoperiodNo embargoen_US
dc.type.qualificationDoctorateen_US
rioxxterms.funderNot availableen_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectNot availableen_US
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