Innowacyjny, solarny system chłodzenia budynku oparty o ekologiczne czynniki chłodnicze i magazynowanie ciepła: projekt “COOLSPACES 4 LIFE”

Krzysztof Goljanek; Dominik Mazur; Konrad Babul; Bartosz Gil; Sabina Rosiek-Pawłowska

doi:10.36119/15.2022.7-8.5

Authors

Krzysztof Goljanek Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of Energy Conversion Engineering Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-1788
Dominik Mazur Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of Energy Conversion Engineering Author
Konrad Babul Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of Energy Conversion Engineering Author
Bartosz Gil Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy Sources Author
Sabina Rosiek-Pawłowska Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy Sources Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36119/15.2022.7-8.5

Keywords:

solar energy, photovoltaic system, building cooling system, climate-friendly refrigerants, phase-change material, climate change mitigation

Abstract

The article presents the concept as well as preliminary modeling and technical issues on the ongoing European project COOLSPACES 4 LIFE as a novel study of an innovative solar-powered building cooling (BC) system based on climate-friendly refrigerants (CFRs) operating in tandem with a short term energy storage. This novel BC system is being developed in collaboration with two institutions from Spain, namely University of Almeria and Hedera Helix Ingenieria y Biotecnologia as well as PROZON Fundacja Ochrony Klimatu from Poland. The prototype will supply one floor of Geocentrum building on the Wrocław University of Science and Technogy campus’s institutional facility with a cooling power of 70 kW and will be powered by a photovoltaic system. Once we obtain satisfactory results in Poland this technology will be replicated in Spain in the University of Almeria campus’s institutional facility, thus we aspire to develop a highly exploitable product applicable Europe wide. This technology will significantly reduce carbon emissions and produce significant economic benefits, therefore it will be a perfect climate change mitigation strategy.