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solar-powered cooling
Coolerado Air Conditioners
Run on PV Power
The Coolerado air conditioner uses
a simple fan-driven heat exchanger to
cool incoming air. Without a compressor, it draws only about one-tenth the
power of a standard air conditioner
and can thus be driven by a bank of
photovoltaic (PV) panels. Incoming
air is divided into two ducts. One duct
contains an internal water spray, and
this stream, cooled by evaporation,
goes through the heat exchanger
and out to cool the PV modules. The
second duct sends dry filtered air
through the heat exchanger and into
the living space, with a temperature
drop of around 50˚F ( 26˚C) in dry
western states, on about 5 gallons
of water per hour. The smallest unit
delivers 900 cubic feet per minute,
sufficient to cool a 1,500-square-foot
house.
coolerado.com
SOLAR in the Desert.
Save the Dates • May 17 — 22, 2010 • SOLAR 2010 • Phoenix, Arizona
Sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society •
www.ases.org
