Thermally-driven solar air conditioning (TSAC)

通过全新的创新路线提供紧凑型热驱动空调。在这种新型的空调系统中，两种金属氢化物浆料将被连续循环，并评估其作为一种新的太阳能冷却技术的潜力。为了确定这种方法是否具有实际和经济可行性，将构建一个原型系统，并根据公认的绩效指标进行评估。理论上，两个热化学偶联的金属氢化物可以用来将可持续热能转化为冷却源。这已经尝试使用涉及两个大型氢化物床的批处理工艺，但成功有限。通过将金属氢化物悬浮在惰性液体中并在热源和散热器之间循环，可以实现连续操作。这是有利的，因为它可以减小系统的尺寸，将金属氢化物的质量减少几个数量级，改善传热并提高操作效率。

To deliver compact thermally-driven air conditioning through a totally new innovative route. In this novel air conditioning (A/C) system two metal hydride slurries will be continuously cycled and assessed for its potential as a new solar cooling technology. In order to establish whether this approach has practical and economic viability a prototype system will be constructed and evaluated against recognised performance indicators. In theory two thermochemically coupled metal hydrides can be used to transform sustainable thermal energy sources into sources of cooling. This has been attempted using a batch process involving two large hydride beds but with limited success. It is possible that by suspending the metal hydrides in an inert liquid and circulating them between the heat source and sink that a continuous operation can be achieved. This is advantageous as it would reduce the size of the system, reduce the mass of metal hydride by several orders of magnitude, improve heat transfer and lead to higher operational efficiencies.