Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- -- --1.1 Global energy production and resources -- 1.2 Solar energy -- 1.3 Refrigeration applications -- 1.4 Refrigerants -- 1.5 Solar cooling status -- 1.6 References -- Thermodynamic Cycles for Solar Cooling -- --2.1 Carnot cycle for refrigeration -- 2.2 Mechanical refrigeration main components -- 2.3 Vapor compression cycle -- 2.4 Absorption cooling cycle -- 2.5 Adsorption cooling cycle -- 2.6 Desiccant cooling cycle -- 2.7 Organic Rankine Cycle -- 2.8 Supercritical CO2 cycle -- 2.9 References -- Solar thermal collectors -- --3.1 Non-concentrating solar collectors -- 3.2 Concentrating solar collectors -- 3.3 Collector applications -- 3.4 References -- Photovoltaic driven heat pumps -- --4.1 Photovoltaic systems -- 4.2 Solar electric chillers -- 4.3 Photovoltaic-Thermal systems -- 4.4 References -- Absorption cooling heat pumps -- --5.1 Absorption applications and performance data -- 5.2 Solar cooling with absorption chillers -- 5.3 Process model -- 5.4 References -- Adsorption cooling heat pumps -- --6.1 Adsorbents -- 6.2 Adsorption refrigerants -- 6.3 Adsorption working pairs -- 6.4 Adsorption chiller applications -- 6.5 Solar cooling with adsorption chillers -- 6.6 Overview of reported in literature adsorption systems -- 6.7 Process model -- 6.8 Model solution and results -- 6.9 Adsorption cooling applications -- 6.10 References -- Alternative and hybrid cooling systems -- --7.1 Alternative cooling systems -- 7.2 Hybrid cooling systems -- 7.3 Hybrid solar cooling systems -- 7.4 References -- Trigeneration systems -- --8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Literature review -- 8.3 Case study: the BioTRIC trigeneration system -- 8.4 Conclusions -- 8.5 References -- Solar desiccant cooling -- --9.1 Evaporative cooling -- 9.2 Dehumidifiers/regenerators -- 9.3 Solid desiccant cooling -- 9.4 Liquid desiccant cooling -- 9.5 Coupling with solar setups -- 9.6 Solar driven desiccant cooling applications -- 9.7 References -- Thermal energy storage -- --10.1 Sensible thermal energy storage (STES) -- 10.2 Latent energy storage (LTES) -- 10.3 Thermochemical energy storage (TCS) -- 10.4 References -- Economic evaluation of solar cooling technologies-- -- --11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Overview of solar cooling technologies -- 11.3 Literature review of solar cooling economic evaluation studies -- 11.4 Compilation of cost data of solar cooling technologies -- 11.5 Economic evaluation case studies -- 11.6 Conclusions -- 11.7 References -- Index.

Solar Cooling Technologies presents a detailed study of the potential technologies for coupling solar energy and cooling systems. It starts with the theoretical background on the refrigeration cycles and their thermodynamic analysis followed by a description of different technologies for solar cooling. Each technology is explained individually and compared directly with a techno-economic analysis on a small-scale basis with focus on technical aspects. The technical description of the available solar collectors and how the well-established adsorption and absorption cycles can be coupled with solar collectors and their potential in terms of efficiency and ability, is discussed.

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