The HIGH-COMBI project: High solar fraction heating and cooling systems with combination of innovative components and methods

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 29; pp. 463 - 472
• Main Authors: Drosou, Vassiliki N., Tsekouras, Panagiotis D., Oikonomou, Th.I., Kosmopoulos, Panos I., Karytsas, Constantine S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Absorption cooling; Air conditioning systems; Air conditioning. Ventilation; Applied sciences; Devices using thermal energy; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Equipments, installations and applications; Exact sciences and technology; Heat pumps; Heating, air conditioning and ventilation; High solar fraction; Natural energy; Seasonal storage; Solar cooling; Solar energy; Solar heat pump; Solar thermal conversion; Solar thermal systems; Transport and storage of energy; Greece; Italy; Austria; Spain; RES; CRES; GHE; SPFel; HP; CHP; Solar cooling; Absorption cooling; AHU; CSHPSS; DHW; HVAC; SF; Solar thermal systems; High solar fraction; Seasonal storage; BTES; DEC; UNEP; IEA; COP; STES; UTES; ACM; Solar heat pump; ESTIF; SAC
• ISSN: 1364-0321; 1879-0690
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.08.019

The scope of the HIGH-COMBI project is the development of high solar fraction systems by innovative combination of optimized solar heating, cooling and storage technologies as well as control strategies, in order to contribute and assist the further deployment of the solar energy market. Within this project, six demonstration plants were installed in four European countries (Greece, Italy, Spain and Austria). The purpose of this article is to assess the result achieved in the technical field of the project and to present the technical aspects of the six innovative demonstration systems realised during the project period.