Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Solar Powered Air Conditioner
The Brighter the Sun the Cooler it gets!
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Using a modified Einstein-Szilard cooling cycle, a Air-Conditioning system works by Solar Heating (and a little Photovoltaic power as well).

A large Frensel Lense Solar Concentrator is installed onto the roof a a high typically Sunlit building. This heats one part of the cooling loop, this heat energy is used as a part of a Gas-Exchange cooling system that is used to cool a large volume of otherwise hot air.

The main idea of this is not to replace all electical AC units but to surplant them on very sunny / hot days where Solar Heat is abundant and Electricity not so.

The Hotter it is, the colder the output air will be.

The system being a modified version of the Einstein cycle can run entirely on heat (solar) alone. However I think it would be best to replace the inefficient heat pump with a traditional motor pump (also solar powered).


Melchior, Mar 28 2007

CYCLE THERMODYNAMIC MODEL http://www.me.gatec.../andy_phd/three.htm
[nuclear hobo, Mar 28 2007]

gas-powered fridge http://www.cam.net....lda/electrolux.html
[nuclear hobo, Mar 28 2007]


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       brilliant. [+]

CaptainClapper, Mar 28 2007
  

       I'll take two, no make that three. [+]

nuclear hobo, Mar 28 2007
  


 
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