Cooling Thermal System Using Solar Energy

Low temperature collectors are generally unglazed and used to heat swimming pools or to heat ventilation air.

Cooling thermal system using solar energy.

Active solar heating systems use solar energy to heat a fluid either liquid or air and then transfer the solar heat directly to the interior space or to a storage system for later use. Thermally driven cooling machines such as ab or ad sorption chillers have been used for many decades. This type of solar application is an attractive option for the preservation of food and the refrigeration of vaccines and medicines in areas with a high intensity of solar radiation and no electricity supply. Solar heating cooling shc technologies collect the thermal energy from the sun and use this heat to provide hot water space heating cooling and pool heating for residential commercial and industrial applications.

The diagram below shows the typical vapor compression cycle supported by a solar thermal panel. In solar cooling systems solar thermal heat is used as the driving force behind the cooling process. Thermal energy can be generated from many renewable sources such as solar biomass and geothermal. Cooling with solar thermal as paradoxical as it may seem cooling using solar energy is feasible using solar thermal energy.

There are two main solar cooling processes. A solar thermal cooling system uses solar energy to reduce the electricity needed for the process. Solar refrigeration technologies harness the energy of the sun and use it to run a cooling system. These technologies displace the need to use electricity or natural gas.

Solar chillers use thermal energy provided by the sun or other backup sources to produce cold and or dehumidification. When the sun is at its hottest solar irradiation is high the maximum energy is available and the demand is also high. The solar cooling supply is equal to the demand. A typical solar cooling system also provides space heating and hot water besides cooling.

One of the main require ments of such systems is to have an effective. The thermal collection unit is installed on the discharge side hot gas side of the compressor.