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Review of solar refrigeration and cooling systems
Ioan Sarbu,Calin Sebarchievici +1 more
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A detailed review of different solar refrigeration and cooling methods is provided in this article, where theoretical basis and practical applications for cooling systems within various working fluids assisted by solar energy and their recent advances are presented.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 239 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Active cooling & Chiller.read more
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Ejector refrigeration: A comprehensive review
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive literature review on ejector refrigeration systems and working fluids is presented, which deeply analyzes ejector technology and behavior, refrigerant properties and their influence over ejector performance.
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Thermoelectric cooler and thermoelectric generator devices: A review of present and potential applications, modeling and materials
Seyed Mohsen Pourkiaei,Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi,Milad Sadeghzadeh,Soroush Moosavi,Fathollah Pourfayaz,Lingen Chen,Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi,Ravinder Kumar +7 more
TL;DR: The principles of thermoelectricity are described and an explanation of current and upcoming materials are presented and developed models and various performed optimization of thermOElectric applications by using non-equilibrium thermodynamics and finite time thermodynamics are discussed.
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Novel approaches and recent developments on potential applications of phase change materials in solar energy
A.K. Pandey,Md. Sazzad Hossain,V.V. Tyagi,Nasrudin Abd Rahim,Nasrudin Abd Rahim,Jeyraj A,L. Selvaraj,Ahmet Sarı +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, phase change materials (PCMs) can be applied to several different solar energy systems for the extended heat energy storage which is quite useful as the solar energy is intermittent in nature and is unavailable during the night period.
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Liquid desiccant materials and dehumidifiers – A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present different commercially available liquid desiccants and their composites which combine the properties of two or more desiccant materials for better performance and a summary of the performance parameters has been made to analyze the system performance.
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A review of solar energy based heat and power generation systems
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a thorough review of the open literature on solar energy based heat and power plants in Denmark, which includes solar photovoltaic and solar thermal based plants with both concentrating and non-concentrating collectors in both solar only and solar-hybrid configurations.
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Solar air conditioning in Europe—an overview
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