Solar Cooling Innovations: Barriers, Opportunities, Capabilities, and Advancements
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 1756
Special Issue Editor
Interests: human comfort; air conditioning system; renewable energy; combustion; alternative fuel
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the demand for air conditioning in residential dwellings has expanded considerably due to the desire for greater thermal comfort inside buildings. Due to the close correlation between peak cooling loads and available solar power, solar cooling technologies represent a highly attractive approach and an appealing renewable solution for the planet with no harmful environmental effects. However, traditional refrigeration systems employ chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants, which cause ozone depletion and the accompanying greenhouse effect. Despite their potential benefits, current solar adsorption cooling systems are not economical enough to replace electricity-powered refrigerators because of higher costs, poorer coefficients of performance (COPs), and lower specific cooling power (SCP).
Solar cooling systems seem to represent a promising alternative to traditional cooling methods, particularly in developing countries and rural regions, where electricity is not commonly accessible, as well as in industrial countries where peak cooling demands coincide with available solar power. As a result, the articles within this Special Issue will examine the key characteristics of various solar cooling systems to identify the primary benefits, difficulties, drawbacks, and feasibility. Additional studies are required to minimize the production costs of solar cooling chillers and increase their commercial performance. Furthermore, the articles will provide decision-makers with practical advice for the selection of the best solar cooling technology for specific applications.
The objectives of the current Special Issue are to discuss promising, recent, and innovative research in solar cooling technologies. Original research, review articles, and theoretical and empirical investigations are all invited to be submitted. The areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Absorption, adsorption, desiccant, ejector, thermoelectric, Rankine, and other solar-powered cooling methods.
- Adaption machine learning, deep learning, and neural network approaches for the performance prediction of solar cooling technologies.
- Recent developments, designs, trends, and innovations in solar-powered cooling systems.
- The optimization of solar-assisted cooling technologies.
- Simulation, modeling, and experimental research in solar air conditioning systems.
- Assessing the impact of policy, regulations, barriers, and infrastructure on solar cooling technologies.
- The life cycle assessment of solar energy systems.
Prof. Dr. Ali Alahmer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar cooling
- air conditioning system
- machine learning
- parameter optimization
- absorption
- adsorption
- desiccant
- ejector
- life cycle assessment
- solar cooling market development
- energy storage in solar cooling
- thermo-mechanical solar cooling
