Effectiveness of Polymer Materials in Solar Cooling System

Abstract

Renewable energy technology research and development has increased substantially in recent years. Solar cooling system energy is a significant part of this and can provide high efficiency energy conversion. This paper focuses on the development of new schematics of alternative conditioning and refrigeration systems based on open-cycle absorption and direct regeneration of the absorbent. Polymeric materials - multi-polymer plates made of polycarbonate, including an absorber of the collector-air regenerator and an evaporative cooler has been used in this study. The heat-mass transfer (HMT) systems are numerous and occupy together with the solar heat collector, as the basis of weight, size and cost of systems. This approach allows increasing their practical feasibility and has been presented in this work