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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 490124, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/490124
Research Article

Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells

Zi-Jie Chien,1 Hung-Pin Cho,2 Ching-Song Jwo,1 Chao-Chun Chien,1 Sih-Li Chen,2 and Yen-Lin Chen3

1Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
3Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan

Received 23 November 2012; Accepted 7 January 2013

Academic Editor: Ho Chang

Copyright © 2013 Zi-Jie Chien et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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