Title: Exergoeconomic analysis of a solar CCHP with partially porous material filled collector

Authors: Navid Tonekaboni; Hesamoddin Salarian; Majid Eshagh Nimvar; Jahanfar Khaleghinia

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nour, Iran ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nour, Iran ' Faculty of Engineering, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nour, Iran

Abstract: In this research, a parabolic solar collector is investigated and analysed in a solar combined cooling, heating and power cycle by adding porous materials in five stages. This research focuses on the use of flat plate collectors in solar CCHP. Following this study, the exergoeconomic analysis of the system was performed for financial analysis and calculation of the payback period. The average enhancement of collector's efficiency and solar CCHP cycle using porous media is 16% and 11% respectively. By using flat solar collector fully filled porous media, the cost of the cogeneration cycle reduces up to 38% in comparison with other CCHP.

Keywords: solar collector; exergoeconomic; porous materials; partially porous; payback period.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2022.120571

International Journal of Exergy, 2022 Vol.37 No.2, pp.181 - 199

Received: 27 Jun 2020
Accepted: 08 Apr 2021
Published online: 26 Jan 2022 *

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