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SOLAR VACCINE STORAGE UNITS FOR REMOTE AREAS.

Author(s) : CHARTERS W. W. S., OO Y. L.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

RECENT COST REDUCTIONS IN PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS HAVE ONCE AGAIN STIMULATED INTEREST IN THE POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED VAPOUR COMPRESSION UNITS. FIELD TESTING OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC REFRIGERATORS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WHO (GENEVA), WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THEIR WIDE-SCALE USE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR VACCINE AND SERUM STORAGE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE IS A LARGE MARKET DEMAND WORLD-WIDE FOR SUCH SMALL-SCALE MEDICAL UNITS. A TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY IS PRESENTED IN THIS TECHNICAL NOTE.

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Pages: 301-304

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  • Original title: SOLAR VACCINE STORAGE UNITS FOR REMOTE AREAS.
  • Record ID : 1988-0359
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: General information
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 10 - n. 5
  • Publication date: 1987

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