Parametric evaluation of solar driven combined supercritical organic Rankine cycle and vapor absorption refrigeration cycle for trigeneration

Abstract

Abstract Current study deals with the parametric evaluation of combined supercritical organic Rankine cycle and vapour absorption refrigeration cycle driven by solar power tower. It was obtained from the results, exergy and thermal efficiency of the combined system improved with solar irradiation. Maximum thermal and exergy efficiency were obtained 46.60% and 68.25% respectively at 950 W/m 2 while maximum exergy destruction was obtained 7589.46 kW at 500W/m 2. COP of the system decreased with generator and condenser temperature. The maximum COP for heating and cooling were found 1.4452 and 0.4448 respectively at 90°C of generator temperature.