Experimentation and modelling of a small-scale adsorption cooling system in temperate climate

This paper describes the results of monitoring cam-paigns of a solar driven adsorption air-conditioning system. The energy performance figures of the sys-tem are computed and the adsorption chiller is mod-elled also based on measurement. This renewable en-ergy system is able to reach, on a monthly cooling period, 40% energy savings compared to a classical air-conditioning system. Besides, the model built to handle the adsorption thermal behaviour shows per-formance slightly lower than the manufacturer’s per-formance map.