Cooling with solar energy - Tests in practice passed
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Description
This article discusses the use of solar energy to provide summer cooling. Starting with centuries-old methods of adiabatic cooling used in the southern valleys of the Grisons in Switzerland, various methods of using solar energy to generate cold are examined. The article mentions the increasing load being placed on electricity supplies by conventional cooling systems and describes two real-life installations that use solar energy to generate cold. The first installation described uses evacuated tube collectors to provide around 45,000 kilowatt-hours of energy for an office complex, of which one third is used in summer to generate cold. The second installation features flat-plate collectors and two absorption refrigeration machines. Financial and environmental balances are presented and discussed
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Kuehlen mit Sonnenenergie: Pilotanlagen in Thun und Zuerich. Praxistest bestanden
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Erneuerbare Energien (Bern)
- Journal Volume
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4-7
- ISSN
- 1660-9778
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 36111329
- Subject category
- S14: SOLAR ENERGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE; ADIABATIC PROCESSES; COMPILED DATA; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; FINANCIAL DATA; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REVIEWS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; EVACUATED COLLECTORS; INFORMATION; MACHINERY; NUMERICAL DATA; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES; VARIATIONS