Performance of a combined cooling heating and power system with mid-and-low temperature solar thermal energy and methanol decomposition integration

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“…Xu et al [10] utilized solar energy received by a parabolic to drive the decomposition reaction of the methanol to synthesis gas, and then the so-yielded synthesis gas was fed into micro gas turbine to drive a combined cooling heating and power system. An up to 22.56% net solar-electricity conversion rate was reported.…”

Thermodynamic performance of a mid-temperature solar fuel system for cooling, heating and power generation

“…Li et al [16] conducted a full-chain energy performance assessment for a solar-driven thermochemical CCHP system running on methanol and solar energy by analyzing the system performance of six different operational conditions. Xu et al [17] proposed a CCHP integrated with solar-driven methanol decomposition and numerically evaluated the thermodynamic performance of the system. These efforts mostly integrated the high- Stephan-Boltzmann constant (W/(m 2 k 4 )) temperature solar thermochemical process for producing cooling, heating and power, with a higher value of solar utilization efficiency of more than 55%.…”

Thermal analysis of parabolic trough concentration photovoltaic/thermal system for using in buildings

“…Xu et al . presented performance of a combined cooling heating and power system with mid‐and‐low temperature solar thermal energy and methanol decom‐position integration. Wang et al .…”

“…In 2015, Hussain et al [31] studied a parametric performance analysis of a concentrated photovoltaic cogeneration system equipped with a thermal storage tank. Xu et al [32] presented performance of a combined cooling heating and power system with mid-and-low temperature solar thermal energy and methanol decom-position integration. Wang et al [33] performance assessment of solar assisted absorption heat pump system with parabolic trough collectors.…”