LAPSE:2023.28697
Published Article
LAPSE:2023.28697
Techno-Economic Investigation of an Integrated Boiler−Solar Water Heating/Cooling System: A Case Study
Mohammad Al-Smairan, Moayyad Shawaqfah, Fares AlMomani
April 12, 2023
With the increase in oil prices, developing nations end up paying expensive electricity and heating bill. This leading study investigates the experimental development of a new energy-saving system by integrating a solar water heater and solar cooling absorption cycle with a conventional boiler for domestic hot water and heating purposes. The heating and cooling load calculations for space heating of the building were calculated using TRNSYS 14.1 computer software and the results were used in calculating the energy-saving value. A 65 flat plate solar collector-chiller system with a total surface area of 130 m2 was integrated with the boiler and used to supply heating and cooling for a three-story building (1500 m2) in Al Bayt University, Jordan. The integrated system helped to save energy, reduced the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere, supplied hot water, and space heating/cooling requirements to the building year-round, and reduced the overall energy cost of heating and cooling by 55% and 48%, respectively. Moreover, the techno-economic analysis showed that the payback period of the combined system with a total cost of $18,650 is roughly 2.5-year. The solar water heating/cooling system has the potential to provide more than 50% of the house energy demand free of charge with a significant reduction in carbon footprint.
Keywords
Energy Storage, integrated cooling/heating, process optimization, solar cooling/heating, weather data
Suggested Citation
Al-Smairan M, Shawaqfah M, AlMomani F. Techno-Economic Investigation of an Integrated Boiler−Solar Water Heating/Cooling System: A Case Study. (2023). LAPSE:2023.28697
Author Affiliations
Al-Smairan M: Head, Renewable Energy Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
Shawaqfah M: Civil Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
AlMomani F: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar [ORCID]
Journal Name
Energies
Volume
14
Issue
1
Article Number
E1
Year
2020
Publication Date
2020-12-22
Published Version
ISSN
1996-1073
Version Comments
Original Submission
Other Meta
PII: en14010001, Publication Type: Journal Article
Record Map
Published Article

LAPSE:2023.28697
This Record
External Link

doi:10.3390/en14010001
Publisher Version
Download
Files
Apr 12, 2023
Main Article
License
CC BY 4.0
Meta
Record Statistics
Record Views
72
Version History
[v1] (Original Submission)
Apr 12, 2023
 
Verified by curator on
Apr 12, 2023
This Version Number
v1
Citations
Most Recent
This Version
URL Here
https://psecommunity.org/LAPSE:2023.28697
 
Original Submitter
Auto Uploader for LAPSE
Links to Related Works
Directly Related to This Work
Publisher Version