Research Article
Experimental Investigation on an Absorption Refrigerator Driven by Solar Cells
Table 1
Specifications of solar cell driven absorption refrigerator.
| Items | Description | Value |
| Array of solar cell | The area of solar cell, | 1.78 m−2 | Max output power of solar cell, | 184 W | Solar irradiance, | 800 Wm−2 | The efficiency of energy conversion from solar energy to electric power | 0.14 |
| Storage battery | Stands for the battery storage capacity | 100 AH | Electric consumption | 22 AH/day | The number of day without sunshine | 2 days | The maximum degree of electric discharge | 0.8 | The efficiency of the storage battery | 0.86 | The loss coefficient of the circuit | 0.05 | The correction coefficient of temperature | 0.9 |
| Absorption refrigerator | Refrigerant |
NH3 | Absorption | | Power | 65 W, 17 V |
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