EXPERIMENTAL STUDY THE PERFORMANCE OF HYBRID SERPENTINE SOLAR COLLECTOR IN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

The present work is an experimental study into the thermal performance of air conditioning system (split unit), bases on using renewable energy as an assisted facter. The serpentine tube flat plate solar collector (STFPSC) is combined with 1-ton capacity split air conditioning system, which is installed after the compressor to superheat the refrigerant that leaves the compressor. The conventional air conditioning (A/C) system is compared with the suggested system. The results show that the coefficient of performance (COP) of the solar assisted air conditioning system (SAAC), is affected by the enhancement of the solar collector, which enrolls the effect of solar collector tilt angle. The COP of the SAAC system is boosted by about 31.5% more than the conventional system at tilt angle 13.5 degrees, also the p-h diagram shows that the power consumption is enhanced at this angle.