A stand-alone solar adsorption refrigerator for humanitarian aid

Solar Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-178

  Santori, Giulio ^a,c   Santamaria, Salvatore ^b   Sapienza, Alessio ^b   Brandani, Stefano ^a   Freni, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR ITAE   (Italy)

^c ADiTech srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption ice maker; Experimental test; Solar cooling; Stand alone refrigerator

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON/METHANOL; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; ICE MAKER; SOLAR ADSORPTION; SOLAR COOLING; STAND -ALONE; THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES;

ADSORPTION; REFRIGERATORS; SUN;

ICE;

ADSORPTION; COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMANITARIAN AID; SOLAR POWER; VACCINE;

EID: 84891138690     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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