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Solar cooling (2017), 34th Informatory Note on refrigeration technologies.

Author(s) : IIF-IIR, LAZZARIN R.

Type of article: Informatory note

Summary

Solar cooling is a promising, environmentally friendly technology that can help satisfy the increasing world demand for space cooling. Solar cooling can be obtained by various technologies. The two main commercial options are photovoltaic (PV) driven vapour compression chillers and heat driven cooling machines fed by solar collectors. Thermally driven cooling equipment can be coupled with various types of solar collectors with different efficiencies and costs. Overall system efficiencies of PV driven and solar thermal driven plants may have not so different values. The economic analysis indicates the investment cost for the PV solution to be at least half of the other systems. Solar cooling may have a very positive environmental impact reducing the usage of fossil fuel, and the technology is almost mature to compete with conventional cooling equipment.

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Note d'Information - Le froid solaire 2017 (French)

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Informatory Note - Solar Cooling 2017 (English)

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  • Original title: Solar cooling (2017), 34th Informatory Note on refrigeration technologies.
  • Record ID : 30021362
  • Languages: English, French
  • Subject: Environment
  • Publishers: IIF-IIR
  • Publication date: 2017/04
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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