Energyssystemssimulatio

onswithTRNSYS
M
MasterCo
ourseH
HVACTecchnologie
esandEnergyEffficiencyin
B
Buildingss
URV
VTarrago
ona,Spain20142
2015

Asolarcoolingsyystemisgoin
ngtobeanaalysedforBaarcelona.Theobjectiveiistocalculattethe
total production ofcoolingth
hatcanbepproducegive
enaspecific configuratioon.Thesimu
ulation
of th
he Simple solar therm
mal system (Step 7) caan be used as a startiing point fo
or the
simullation. Model the solarr cooling syystem repressented in th
he below fiigure, takingg into
accou
untthedatadescribed.

DATA
A
Weattherdatafile
e:Barcelona.dat(nonstaandardfile,d
downloableffromMoodlee)
Coord
dinatesofth
hesite:Latitu
ude=41.28 ,Longitude=
=2.07E
Solarrcollectors
C
Collectorareaa:100m2
C
Collectorslop
pe=45form
mhorizontal,,azimuth=20EAST.
N
Numberinseeries:1
TTestedflowrrate:60kg/hm2
EEfficiencyparrameters:atttacheddatassheetforVITTOSOL200T
1stOrderIAM
M:0.1
nd
2 OrderIAM
M:0

Primaaryloop
FFluidused:w
water.
P
Primarypipesslength=30
0mcoldsidee,30mhotside
H
Headlossinp
pipes<40mmH2O/m
P
Primarypipessinsulationtthickness=330mm,therm
malconductivity=0.04W
W/mK
O
ON/OFFcontrol;differenttialtemperaatures7C/2C
W
Waterflowraate:60kg/hm2


Storage
Tankvolume/totalcollectorarea=90liters/m2
TankHeight/tankdiameter=2
Temperatureoftheairaroundthetank=22C(assumeconstant)
Nosecondarypipes.
TankinsulationU=0.9W/m2K

Absorptionchiller(Type680)
Capacity:15kW(evaporator)
RatedCOP:0.7
Auxiliaryelectricalpower:1.5kW
Operationmap(externalfile):AbsTable.datfile
Temperaturedifferenceingenerator(TinTout):5C
Temperaturedifferenceincondenserabsorber(ToutTin):5C
Temperaturedifferenceinevaporator(ToutTin):4C
Setpointforchilledwater:6C
Flowrates:calculatedwithrespecttoratedconditionsandusingtheabovetemperature
differences.
Control:startthechiller(andauxiliarypumpsofthechiller)whenthetemperatureinthe
storageisgreaterorequalthan90.Stopthechiller(andtheauxiliarypumps)

Coolingtower
Simplemodel:
o Inputflow=outputflow
o Outputtemperature:Wetbulbtemperature+5C
o Theoutputtemperaturecannotbelowerthan25C

Constantmassflowratespumps

Load:Thiscomponentsetsthereturnchilledwatertemperaturetotheabsorptionchillerto
15C.Thereisnoloadorenergydemand.Theobjectiveistoallowthechillertoproducethe
maximumpossiblechilling.

Resultstobepresented:
Writeareportdescribingthemodelandthetroublesyoufound.Includealsothefollowing
monthlyandannualresults:
Incidentirradiationonthecollectorandenergygaininthecollector.
Energy(kWh)foreachofthethreecircuitsoftheabsorptionchiller.
Thermallossesinpipesandthehotwaterstorage.
Includeplotsshowinghowthesystemworks:thecontrolforthecollectors,thecontrolfor
the absorption chiller, power produced (kW) from the absorption chiller in summer and
winter,charge/dischargeofthestoragetank.