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5. Solar
cooling - A demonstration model for the classroom
For the project partners from Mediterranean lands it was of great importance
to determine the extent to which solar energy is practical for cooling, and
what knowledge is necessary for such a technology. It was very quickly determined
through a market analysis, that the solar cooling area was still at a very early
stage from the commercial point of view. Apart from a few pilot projects, there
is little other experience of note. Because plants (absorption and adsorption)
in the small scale area for teaching purposes are not marketable, the idea was
considered of constructing a model ourselves, which uses a small solar plant
as an energy supply and an absorption refrigeration machine on the basis of
gas refrigerators for cooling. In principle, the function method of absorption
refrigeration machines will be demonstrated according to the following pattern:
Fig. 56 Components and functions of an absorption refrigeration machine