From the dawn of mankind, the power of solar rays in keeping people and their dwellings warm has been common knowledge. But did you know that you can use the heat from the sun to keep your home cool? Though the image of heat providing cooling might sound contradictory but thanks to great advances in technology and design, home made solar power can today be used to cool buildings.
The following are just three examples of solar power cooling, though in starkly different contexts:
A. Carport Roofing
Solar paneled roofing for carports is an increasingly attractive proposition for both homes and offices. It is an ingenuous approach for generating home made solar power while making the most use of available space. The roofing keeps cars cool and shielded from the heat of the sun, while the solar energy finds practical use in the home or office. What's more, such car ports are an opportunity for individuals and organizations to benefit from tax breaks and rebates available for the installation of solar power.
The larger the parking area the better, for two reasons - greater cooled space and a higher quantity of power generated. One company has even been able to fit enough solar panels on the roofing of the office complex's huge parking area that it now caters for a third of its entire energy demands.
B. Solar Air Conditioning
On a hot day, the sun's rays would make the air in any enclosed space uncomfortably warm as long as the rooms or buildings external surfaces have direct contact with the sunlight. However, the sun can also be harnessed through homemade solar power units and be used to power air conditioning units for cooling. The significance of using solar energy for air-con units cannot be overemphasized. One study showed that about 1 in 20 units of electricity used by homes across the US go toward air conditioning.
Thanks to solar technology, the days that require cooling the most (i.e. the hottest days) are also the days that can deliver the maximum solar energy for air conditioning.
C. Refrigeration Machines
Solar powered refrigeration may either use absorption or adsorption technology. Absorption refrigeration uses a combination of power generation and heat bolstered by vacuum tube solar energy collectors. Adsorption refrigeration uses either flat plate or vacuum tube solar collectors. An Adsorption refrigerator consists of two adsorber chambers - one a condenser and the other an evaporator.
A separate adsorber chamber picks up the water vapor and transfers it to the evaporator at 9 degrees Celsius. Silicate gel absorbs the vapor. In the condenser adsorption chamber, water vapor is released by heated water from the solar power collector. The vapor is then cooled to a liquid state in a cooling tower and released via a butterfly valve to the evaporator for the entire cycle of home made solar power to begin again.
The following are just three examples of solar power cooling, though in starkly different contexts:
A. Carport Roofing
Solar paneled roofing for carports is an increasingly attractive proposition for both homes and offices. It is an ingenuous approach for generating home made solar power while making the most use of available space. The roofing keeps cars cool and shielded from the heat of the sun, while the solar energy finds practical use in the home or office. What's more, such car ports are an opportunity for individuals and organizations to benefit from tax breaks and rebates available for the installation of solar power.
The larger the parking area the better, for two reasons - greater cooled space and a higher quantity of power generated. One company has even been able to fit enough solar panels on the roofing of the office complex's huge parking area that it now caters for a third of its entire energy demands.
B. Solar Air Conditioning
On a hot day, the sun's rays would make the air in any enclosed space uncomfortably warm as long as the rooms or buildings external surfaces have direct contact with the sunlight. However, the sun can also be harnessed through homemade solar power units and be used to power air conditioning units for cooling. The significance of using solar energy for air-con units cannot be overemphasized. One study showed that about 1 in 20 units of electricity used by homes across the US go toward air conditioning.
Thanks to solar technology, the days that require cooling the most (i.e. the hottest days) are also the days that can deliver the maximum solar energy for air conditioning.
C. Refrigeration Machines
Solar powered refrigeration may either use absorption or adsorption technology. Absorption refrigeration uses a combination of power generation and heat bolstered by vacuum tube solar energy collectors. Adsorption refrigeration uses either flat plate or vacuum tube solar collectors. An Adsorption refrigerator consists of two adsorber chambers - one a condenser and the other an evaporator.
A separate adsorber chamber picks up the water vapor and transfers it to the evaporator at 9 degrees Celsius. Silicate gel absorbs the vapor. In the condenser adsorption chamber, water vapor is released by heated water from the solar power collector. The vapor is then cooled to a liquid state in a cooling tower and released via a butterfly valve to the evaporator for the entire cycle of home made solar power to begin again.
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