Natural cooling systems and an economic feasibility study of long-term storage of coolness

Mehdi N. Bahadori

Energy, 1984, vol. 9, issue 7, 589-604

Abstract: Natural cooling systems are described and classified according to sources of coolness‡ storage materials, and modes of fluid flow and heat transfer, as well as the duration of storage. Ambient air, water vapor in the air, and clear sky provide the major sources of coolness, for both short-term (a few hours) and long-term (a few months) storage. Materials suitable for short-term storage of coolness are the building mass, water, rocks and phase-changing salt hydrates. For long-term storage, water (stored in aquifers and in the form of ice and frozen soil), ground, rocks, and phase-changing materials are possible candidates.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(84)90066-5

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