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Coolerado comes up with more viable solar air conditioner

Posted Jun 12, 2007 at 06:28PM by Glen D. Listed in: Gadgets Tags: solar power, Solar Energy, Cooling System
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It sounds strange, but we can actually stay cooler as the sun gets hotter. How? Coolerado Coolers has come up with the best solution yet to cleaner, greener air conditioners with its solar-powered AC units.

It's not a completely new idea, really. Coolerado Coolers just re-thought how the whole thing should work. In essence, the old school of thought was to make a power-hogging AC unit run using photovoltaic cells, or batteries that were charged using solar power. It turned out that this system wasn't too feasible as current technology can only use so much of what the sun gives. The solution posted by Cooler ado Coolers is to create a new system which used solar energy but demanded less from solar cells.

The core of this unit is an evaporative cooling system that uses the same design as that employed by desert coolers. However, performance is compromised when the surrounding air is humid, or high in water vapor. That means the solar air conditioner here isn't applicable to every area in the country. Fortunately, they work well in arid southwestern states where they can do a lot of help saving up on power and lowering emissions.

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