USE OF RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY IN DESICCANT ASSISTED COOLING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The main aim of the present article is to provide fundamental understandings of the need of
renewable solar energy in cooling systems and to give useful guidelines regarding different
operational parameters of various cooling techniques and the applicability of solar cooling in
both in air-conditioning and refrigeration with the improvement of the coefficient of
performance. Solar based refrigeration devices are of significance to meet the needs for cooling
requirements such as air-conditioning and ice-making and medical or food preservation in
remote areas. They are also noiseless, non-corrosive and environmentally friendly. For these
reasons the research activities in this sector are still increasing to solve the crucial points that
make these systems not yet ready to compete with the well-known conventionally used vapor
compression system. There is an increasing interest in the development and use of solar based
cooling technologies due to their various economic and impressive environmental benefits,
enabling solar energy or waste heat to be used for applications such as district networks and
cogeneration plants. Compared to traditional systems this creates new possibilities for utilizing
low temperature based naturally available free energy.