Integration of Underground Heat Exchanger System With Solar Powered Cooling System in Residential Buildings

Karthik Menon; Fadi A. Ghaith

doi:10.1115/imece2024-144631

Integration of Underground Heat Exchanger System With Solar Powered Cooling System in Residential Buildings

Karthik Menon, Fadi A. Ghaith

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate the integration of an underground heat exchanger with a single-effect absorption chiller along with solar parabolic trough collectors (PTC). The proposed sustainable system contributes to the reduction in CO₂ emissions and lowers the energy consumption in residential buildings. The solar integrated cooling system is equipped with a bio-mass heater to provide space cooling during night time.

The proposed integrated system was modelled and simulated using TRNSYS. Parametric analysis was conducted to optimize the system’s performance by varying the size of system’s components such as collector area and the volume of the storage tank. The developed system was implemented in two case studies. One is a villa located in Dubai with a cooling load of 175.2 kW/m² and another one is in located in Abu Dhabi with a cooling load of 376.6 kW/m². A cost analysis was performed to check the feasibility of the proposed model. The model was validated with the existing literature and showed good match in terms of the gained useful energy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ISBN (Print)	9780791888643
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2024-144631
Publication status	Published - 23 Jan 2025

Keywords

Chiller
PTC
underground heat exchanger

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering

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Integration of Underground Heat Exchanger System With Solar Powered Cooling System in Residential Buildings

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