Solar Powered Air Conditioner

July 24th, 2010 by CJ Samson | Posted under Mechanical Engineering Projects, Power & Energy.

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.

Powering AC with solar energy

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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320 Responses to “Solar Powered Air Conditioner”
  1. satya says:

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  2. bikram saini says:

    This project is amazing…sir, if u could send me all the details including the project report, i would be really gratefull for your kindness.
    thank you.

  3. kalyan roy says:

    Dear sir,
    This is a really impressive project and i am interested in doing this project for my final year BE Mechanical engineering. i am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    I would be very thankful if you please guide me and mail me the project details including detail mathematical calculations, circuit diagram, graph etc.and the average estimated cost for this project.
    i m waiting for ur response.

  4. prakash chand sharma says:

    dear sir,
    This is a very important project according to electricity improvement and human comfortable.I am interested in doing this project for my final year mechanical engineering.I am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    I am a final year student this year and now i required a project to submit in my college.
    I request you to send the complete project report on my email address quickly sir.
    I am waiting for your response.

  5. Mehran ali khan says:

    Dear sir,
    This is a really impressive project and i am interested in doing this project for my final year BE Mechanical engineering. i am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    I would be very thankful if you please guide me and mail me the project details including detail mathematical calculations, circuit diagram, graph etc.and the average estimated cost for this project.
    i m waiting for ur response

  6. waseemakram says:

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  7. Reetika Saxena says:

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  8. shailendra kumar singh says:

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  9. m. nandhu says:

    sir
    i like this project, and i wish to do this project , so please help me for this project also send me the report to do
    thank you, sir

  10. sathish.t says:

    Dear sir,
    This is a really impressive project and i am interested to do this project for my final year BE Mechanical engineering. i am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    I would be very thankful if you please guide me and mail me the project details including detail mathematical calculations, circuit diagram, graph etc.and the average estimated cost for this project.

    i m waiting for ur reply

  11. gautam kumar says:

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    thank u….

  12. abdul hameed.m says:

    dear sir, its really the amazing one,,, was thinking to do the same for my final year mechanical engineering project,…can you please guide me the details about this and how it will be done. am so interested in this project so please send me the details via mail or else tell me how to contact you sir,, thank you sir…. my contact:09901822282/09620515802.

  13. ARJUN says:

    Dear sir
    i am a ME engineering student. this idea is really very interesting. please send the complete detail about it.;;; please do a reply i am waiting
    thank you sir

  14. Md Nawaz Ahmed says:

    SIR,
    my self this solar powered air conditioner is so much of intresting project. i am very much of intrested on doing my project work on this please guide me sir for doing my project work.

  15. Raj says:

    I am a ME heat power engineering student. This idea is really very interesting. please send the complete detail about it……..
    thank you sir

  16. Abhisek says:

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  17. Abhisek says:

    remain grateful to you. thank you.

  18. sudhakara.B.SESP says:

    SIR IM INTERESTING ON THIS PROJECT PLEASE SEND ME DETAILED PROCEDURE AND TOTAL COST OF THIS. PLEASE QUICKL

  19. Dashrath Dakulghikar says:

    I am a final year mechanical engineering student, i am interested in solar airconditioning system please guide me and the project cost should be minimum.

  20. Dashrath Dakulghikar says:

    I am a final year mechanical engineering student, i want less cost(max 40 thousand rupees ) solar air conditioning system for my project, the project should be second hand material(used).

  21. Raj says:

    I am a ME heat power engineering student. This idea is really very interesting. please send the complete detail about it……..
    thank you sir

  22. satish says:

    Dear sir,
    This is a really impressive project and i am interested in doing this project for my final year BE Mechanical engineering. i am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    please send the complete detail about it……..
    thank you sir

  23. Giriraj singh says:

    i am a ME engineering student. this idea is really very interesting.please send the complete detail about it……..
    thank you sir….+

  24. Giriraj singh says:

    i am a ME engineering student. this idea is really very interesting.please send the complete detail about it……..
    THANK YOU SIR…

  25. Rahul sharma says:

    Dear sir,
    This is a really impressive project and i am interested in doing this project for my final year BE Mechanical engineering. i am largly interested in use of alternative source of energy.
    I would be very thankful if you please guide me and mail me the project details including detail mathematical calculations, circuit diagram, graph etc.and the average estimated cost for this project.
    i m waiting for ur response.

  26. sumit says:

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  27. jitendra says:

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  28. ANKIT KATIAYR says:

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  29. MD AZAM FAIZAL ALI says:

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  30. prashant kumar says:

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  31. pradeep says:

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  32. dd says:

    i want know how to do diz??

  33. satheesh says:

    Sir, Im doping final year mechanical engineering ..
    i want to do this project, please give me an project report..its very much useful for me..

    thanks in advance……….

  34. rambabu says:

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  35. Chandrika Geetha says:

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  36. Amaljithjoseph says:

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  37. arvindo says:

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  38. ER.jayesh says:

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  39. Ashish says:

    i want to do this project as my project..please send me details..

  40. jit says:

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  41. akhila says:

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  42. abhianv says:

    hello sir this is an very interesting project i would like to do,i will be very gratefull to u if u send me the reports and details of project…. thank you

  43. dileep says:

    can u please send me comlete details to make the solar air conditioner

  44. dileep says:

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  45. Pain says:

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  46. pankaj patidar says:

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  47. dileep says:

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    please send me complete details

  48. meena says:

    sir, i am very interested in doing this project. can you send me details report about it? how much it costs to buy this project? thankyou in advance

  49. sridhar.m says:

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  50. Byomakesh kumar sa says:

    Sir i m very much interested to this project in my college plz send me the full details of this project including its estimated cost. Plz send as soon as possible sir.

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