Comparative Energy and Crop-Zone Thermal Performance of Solar-Thermal Absorption and Photovoltaic Vapor-Compression Cooling Systems for a Smart Greenhouse in a Hot-Arid Climate
This study directly compares a photovoltaic (PV)-powered vapor-compression chiller with a solar-thermal-driven absorption chiller for localized cooling of the tomato crop zone in a 1536 m2 smart greenhouse under a hot-arid climate. The principal contribution is a controlled system-level comparison of two solar-cooling...