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Title: Solar cooling at the oenology and viticulture research centre, Buskett, Rabat
Authors: Ghirlando, Robert
Fabri, Simon G.
Agius, Joseph
Axisa, Redeemer
Vella, Roberta
Keywords: Renewable energy sources -- Technological innovations -- Malta
Solar air conditioning -- Malta
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: University of Malta. Institute for Sustainable Energy
Citation: Ghirlando, R., Fabri, S., Agius, J., Axisa, R., & Vella, R. (2016). Solar cooling at the oenology and viticulture research centre, Buskett, Rabat. The ISE Annual Conference, Valletta. 7-15.
Abstract: This paper describes the design, installation and testing of two solar cooling systems at the Oenology and Viticulture Research Centre, Buskett, Rabat, Malta. One system consisted of a bank of photovoltaic panels converting solar energy into electricity which was fed into the national grid and a conventional vapour compression chiller powered by electricity from the grid. The second system was based on an ammonia-water vapour absorption chiller which was driven by hot water from a bank of vacuum-tube solar collectors. Dry re-cooling was chosen as the method of heat rejection.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/23288
ISBN: 9789995785314
Appears in Collections:ISE Conference 2016

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