Summer is the time when you wished you had an Air Conditioner. But, you would rather detest the idea because of the staggering electricity bills you would get once you start using the AC. And it would be a miracle if you could use an AC without paying those hefty electricity bills. In that case, it seems a miracle has just happened!
How about utilizing the free energy of the sun to power up your AC?
The hottest months usually, happens to be also the sunniest. You can use the scorching summer heat to actually remove the heat from your room with the help Photovoltaics (PVs) to power your AC. Photovoltaics are collection of cells which have photovoltaic material that makes use solar radiation to develop direct current electricity. For achieving the best performance the PVs are connected to a solar tracker so as to align themselves towards the sun to receive the maximum amount of solar radiation. The use of a solar tracker would improve the performance of the PVs by whopping 50% in summer.
The use of Concentrated Solar power systems (CSP ) further enhances the utilization of solar power by making use of mirrors to concentrate solar energy onto a photovoltaic cell. Since CSP systems are bigger in construction and expensive they are seldom used to generate power for an air conditioner.
A typical air conditioner consists of the following
1) Condensing coil
2) Expansion valve
3) Evaporator Coil
4) Compressor
Once, the direct current developed by the PVs is fed to the Air Condition unit, you have an Air Conditioner which works on Solar Panels and you can be free from the tension of electricity bills draining your pockets.
Excess power if developed can be used to power other electrical appliance or sold back to a power grid! Ultimately the success of the system would depend upon the cost effectiveness.
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Cost Estimation:
The cost of the solar panel (240 V) itself is about $650. The cost of the air conditioner and other accessories will come around another $600. So the total cost will be about $1200 but if you can obtain second hand materials it will be much economical. (The cot estimation is approximate)
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_air_conditioning
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i dont know why most of you interested in this project…..lets you have purchased 240V solar panels now you would need about 80 Ah battery of 12 volts which only run if sun light is available…….mean to operate for 24 hours you would need to purchase solar panel of about 2.5kwh which cost 1500$
I would like to be an expert on this project , I need more knowledge
please tell me….what is the cost of project with full details!!!!
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hi actually i want to do prototype on same applications is there anyone already done it just send d deatils on my id guys
SIR, PLZ SEND SOLAR AC FULL DETAILS
the idea is so good.
Need to more information for solar power air conditioner…..
Sir
What is the initial cost difference between this and same operated by electricity
Sir
Whatever is the initial cost difference between this and same operated by electricity
I want to no the full cost of project
hi sir plz me send me full information about project like estimation cost ,componets requried ..etc
superb,but i want more clarity
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hi sir ! i am interested to make this solar air conditioner for my B.E, Final yr project in mechanical engineering…
can u pls guide me in this project? i need a guide to help me right from the basics & i wish to do this! pls help me!
1st also tel me the minimum cost for this project
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Sir,
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