An innovative solar-powered cooling system based on climate-friendly refrigerants, coupled with thermal energy storage: “COOLSPACES 4 LIFE” project
author:
KRZYSZTOF GOLJANEK, DOMINIK MAZUR, KONRAD BABUL, BARTOSZ GIL, SABINA ROSIEK-PAWŁOWSKA
ORCID ID:
0000-0003-0928-1788, 0000-0001- 7059-1326, 0000-0003-2719-3247, 0000-0003-0008-8957, 0000- 0002-8515-2710
No:
7-8/2021 Instal p. 38-41
DOI:
DOI 10.36119/15.2022.7-8.5
The article presents the concept as well as preliminary modeling and technical issues on the ongoing European
project COOLSPACES 4 LIFE as a novel study of an innovative solar-powered building cooling (BC) system based on
climate-friendly refrigerants (CFRs) operating in tandem with a short term energy storage. This novel BC system is
being developed in collaboration with two institutions from Spain, namely University of Almeria and Hedera Helix
Ingenieria y Biotecnologia as well as PROZON Fundacja Ochrony Klimatu from Poland. The prototype will supply
one floor of Geocentrum building on the Wrocław University of Science and Technogy campus’s institutional facility
with a cooling power of 70 kW and will be powered by a photovoltaic system. Once we obtain satisfactory results in
Poland this technology will be replicated in Spain in the University of Almeria campus’s institutional facility, thus we
aspire to develop a highly exploitable product applicable Europe wide. This technology will significantly reduce
carbon emissions and produce significant economic benefits, therefore it will be a perfect climate change mitigation strategy.
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About Authors:
Krzysztof Goljanek, MSc, Eng – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-1788, Dominik Mazur, MSc, Eng – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-
7059-1326, Konrad Babul, PhD, Eng – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-3247 Department of Energy Conversion Engineering,
Bartosz Gil, PhD, Eng – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0008-8957, Sabina Rosiek Pawłowska, DSc, PhD, Eng – https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-8515-2710 – Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Department of
Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy Sources. Corresponding author: krzysztof.goljanek@gmail.com