SOLAR COOLING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An air cooling system comprising:
- a cooling element configured to generate cooling when driven by energy; and
a solar energy gathering component configured to generate energy to drive a cooling system to generate cooling,wherein at least one of the cooling element and the solar energy gathering component are adapted to be suspended.
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Abstract
In many parts of the world the electricity supply is unreliable and/or electricity costs are high, which means that in many cases conventional air cooling systems that are compressor-based and electrically powered are unreliable due to electrical power outages and/or they are expensive to operate. Some aspects of the invention provide an air cooling system. The air cooling system may include a solar energy gathering component that drives a cooling system. The air cooling system may include an absorption cooling system or a thermoelectric cooling system. The cooling system may include a solar collector matched with an air venting system. The cooling unit may hang on the inside of a window or on another vertical surface and utilize the heat and/or radiation from the sun to activate a cooling mechanism that, in turn, provides cooling via the cooling system.
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68 Claims
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1. An air cooling system comprising:
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a cooling element configured to generate cooling when driven by energy; and a solar energy gathering component configured to generate energy to drive a cooling system to generate cooling, wherein at least one of the cooling element and the solar energy gathering component are adapted to be suspended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A thermoelectric cooling system comprising:
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a thermoelectric cooling component having a cool side and a hot side; at least one fan; a first thermal conductor and a second thermal conductor, the first thermal conductor being arranged to distribute heat away from the hot side of the thermoelectric component, and the second thermal conductor being arranged to distribute cooling away from the cool side of the thermoelectric component; and a housing configured to hold the at least one thermoelectric component and the at least one fan and the first and second thermal conductors. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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