Author(s): Naif K. Al Shammari, Lioua Kolsi, Ghassan Al-hassan and Mohammed AL-Meshaal
Article publication date: 2015-12-01
Vol. 33 No. 4 (yearly), pp. 188-196.
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Keywords
Water extraction, absorption chiller, lithium bromide–water.
Abstract
An investigation of the air contained water extraction using a solar vapor absorption chiller working under the climatic condition of Riyadh city is carried out. Three typical days from different seasons were chosen for the study to evaluate the best operating conditions. Despite that the maximum cooling production is in July, the maximum water production is in January due
to the high relative humidity, in fact the maximum of daily production 10.22
L/day. The performances of the absorption chiller and the solar collector are
also evaluated and are found to be much influenced by the operating climatic
conditions.