A Solar Heating and Cooling System in a Nearly Zero-Energy Building: A Case Study in China

Table 1

Characteristics of some conventional SHCSs equipped with a single-effect absorption chiller.

Site	Chiller cooling capacity (kW)	Solar collector/aperture area (m^2)	TES/volume (m^3)		Auxiliary energy source	Air conditioning building type/area (m^2)	Reference
			Heat	Cool
Shenzhen, China	2X7	ETC/76 + FPC/41	5	5	n.a.	Guest room/80	[22]
Rushan, China	100	ETC/540	8 + 4	6	Oil boiler	Exhibition center/1000	[23]
Tianpu, China	200	ETC/812	1	1200	Ground source heat pump	Office/8000	[24]
Tongzhou, China	105	ETC/228	10	15	Ground source heat pump	Laboratory, partly office/6552	[25]
Beiyuan, China	360	ETC/655	40	30	Electric boiler	Office/3000	[26]
Haikou, China	316	ETC/1492	45	30	Screw chiller	Library/20200	[27]
Qingdao, China	264	FPC/638	12	No	District heating plant	Office/5800	[28]
Dalian, China	200	ETC/733	30+ 24	No	Electric heater	Office/2000, Heating area/4120	[29]
Shunyi, China	176	ETC/523.92	15	8	Biomass boiler	Office/1850	[30]
UC3M, Spain	35	FPC/50	2	No	No	House/80	[31]
CIESOL, Spain	70	FPC/160	2 × 5	No	Electric heater	Institutional building/1100	[4, 32]
Hongkong, China	4.7	FPC/38	2.75	No	Electric heater	n.a.	[33]
Reunion Island, France	30	Double glazed FPC/90	1.5	1	No	Classroom/216	[34]
Cardiff, UK	4.5	ETC/12	No	1	No	Office/82	[19]
New Mexico, USA	70	FPC/124 + ETC/108	34	7 × 50	District energy supply plant	Educational building/7000	[20, 35]
Oberhausen, Germany	35.17	ETC/108	6.8	1.5	No	Office/108	[21]
SERT, Thailand	35.17	ETC/72	0.4	0.2	LPG boiler	Office/n.a.	[15]