25 - 27th September, Bad Krozingen (Germany)
The conference took place from 25 to 27th September in Bad Krozingen with nearly 100 attendees.
Very high quality of presentations and organizations.
The p”place-to-be” for the Solar cooling R&D situation overview and progresses.
Nearly 60 abstracts submitted
Nearly 30 oral presentations selected
A large proposition of IEA SHC Task 48 inputs
2 side workshops on:
- Planning tools (ZAFH.net / TECSOL)
- Heat Rejection (Solarück)
* SorTech, InvenSor, EAW,
* Fraunhofer ISE, ILK Dresden, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
This conference included a selection of papers and presentations submitted by experts from around the world. It also included regional industry reports from Europe, China and Australia and included a technical tour program. All papers were reviewed and published in the conference proceedings.
Main feedback from the conference :
- Opening session : Big interest outside Europe (EU call, Chinese
Roadmap, presence or nearly 10 attendees from Middle East
- Components :
- new developments for cost reduction (solution pumps, air collectors)
- Heat rejection management (decrease CAPEX, OPEX and adaptability)
- Industry forum : There are components on the market for commercial projects (IS..)
- System design :
- interesting new hybrid cycles (ejector + compression for eg.)
- Importance of tools to look at the feasibility (SAC making sense or not)
- PV cooling session : very fruitful and even too short !
- Difficulties to go for small SAC if no important DHW needs
- For large SAC systems : big competition in perspective but…
…PV thermal is entering now the Building thermal world creating issues (control, storage)
- Practical experiences :
- Importance of the load analysis to have very efficient systems
- Absolute need of monitoring even if light
- Major importance of very interaction between SAC and back up
- Promising results on yearly balances (COPel >12)
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- Conclusion :