Review of Polygeneration Schemes with Solar Cooling Technologies and Potential Industrial Applications

The trend to reduce CO2 emissions in cooling processes has made it possible to increase the alternatives for integrating solar energy with thermal equipment whose viability depends on its adaptation to polygeneration schemes. Despite the enormous potential offered by the industry for cooling and hea...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 20; p. 6450
Main Authors Villarruel-Jaramillo, Andrés, Pérez-García, Manuel, Cardemil, José M., Escobar, Rodrigo A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
Subjects
20th century
Adaptation
Air conditioning
Alternative energy sources
Beverage industry
Carbon dioxide
Cooling
Cooling systems
Cost control
Cost reduction
Crystallization
Design optimization
Efficiency
Electricity distribution
Electricity generation
Energy consumption
Fermentation
Food industry
Food preparation equipment
Green buildings
Heat
Industrial applications
industrial cooling processes
Manufacturing industry
Mining industry
photovoltaic
polygeneration schemes
Refrigeration
solar collector
Solar cooling
solar cooling technology
Solar energy
Solar power
Underground mining
Underground storage
Water immersion
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Summary:The trend to reduce CO2 emissions in cooling processes has made it possible to increase the alternatives for integrating solar energy with thermal equipment whose viability depends on its adaptation to polygeneration schemes. Despite the enormous potential offered by the industry for cooling and heating processes, solar cooling technologies (SCT) have been explored in a limited way in the industrial sector. This work discusses the potential applications of industrial SCTs and classifies hybrid polygeneration schemes based on supplying cold, heat, electricity, and desalination of water; summarizes the leading SCTs, and details the main indicators of polygeneration configurations in terms of reductions on primary energy consumption and payback times. To achieve an energy transition in refrigeration processes, the scenarios with the most significant potential are: the food manufacturing industry (water immersion and crystallization processes), the beverage industry (fermentation and storage processes), and the mining industry (underground air conditioning).
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14206450