Solar Powered Evaporative Cooler

These units operate as dc swamp coolers or evaporative coolers.

Solar powered evaporative cooler.

8 000 btu s of cooling is produced for each gallon of water evaporated. 110 degree air is cooled to 75 f by evaporating water. Dc evaporative coolers by solar chill. As the water evaporates from the wet pads the heat is removed and cool air is the new product.

We power the solar air conditioner with a tracking solar p. This is a solar air conditioner that won t drain energy from your solar power system. Calculate how much power the solar panels will need to provide to the cooler. This air is 30 degrees cooler as it re enters the.

I used an existing evaporative cooler since all the important components were already there. Being familiar with evaporative coolers and living in an area with a dry climate i made a solar cooler using easily purchased parts to cool our 1600 square foot home. Solar powered air conditioner. Power in watts is given by multiplying the current in amps by the voltage in volts.

I was given a design challenge by the residents of foot rot flats build an air conditioner that requires no mains power and no piped water. A fan pulls hot air into the pads which leaves the other side as cool air. Inside the cooler there are wet pads that are similar to a sponge. After a bit of thinking i decide to have a go at a solar powered evaporative cooler and it worked so well i.