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Thread: Night sky radiation for cooling
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12-05-2006, 03:06 PM #1
Night sky radiation for cooling
Here are some interesting topics for reading. While the forum is named "New Technologies" this is definitely old school technology put into practice.
This technology has been around for at least a couple of thousand years. Courtesy of our Arab friends.
http://ss.nkk.affrc.go.jp/eng/topics...ch/2003/32.pdf
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/Bldg/baihp/pubs/nightcool/
http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/solar/documents/SOL_29.pdf
http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/solar/documents/SOL_26.pdf
I will look for some others. I have seen some pictures where the inventive Arabian folks made ice in the desert using this same principle.
Here is something that may be helpful.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/.../mytopic=60001Last edited by US Iceman; 12-05-2006 at 03:22 PM.
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12-05-2006, 03:15 PM #2
Re: Night sky radiation for cooling
I came across another idea that has some merit also.
http://www.pnl.gov/TechReview/pdfs/W...echInstall.pdf
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12-05-2006, 03:20 PM #3
Re: Night sky radiation for cooling
Here is a link that provides some additional background on the hustorical use of "refrigeration" and night sky radiation.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...7361.Sh.r.html
And here is a source for further reading and research.
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/cool/
Back to work now, I have to make a living...
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12-05-2006, 03:21 PM #4
Re: Night sky radiation for cooling
Here is a link that provides some additional background on the historical use of "refrigeration" and night sky radiation.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...7361.Sh.r.html
And here is a source for further reading and research.
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/cool/
Back to work now, I have to make a living...
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15-05-2006, 06:47 AM #5
Re: Night sky radiation for cooling
Back to work now, I have to make a living...
regards
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