Effectiveness of a night radiative cooling system in different geographical latitudes

• Main Authors: Tsoy, A. P., Granovskiy, A. S., Baranenko, A. V., Tsoy, D. A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cooling; Cooling systems; Energy consumption; Night sky; Refrigeration; Renewable energy sources; System effectiveness
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/1.4998880

Growth of world energy consumption and depletion of energy resources make humanity to constantly work on the creation of the energy efficient technologies and increase usage of the alternative and renewable sources of energy. One of such alternative sources of energy is the night radiative cooling (NRC). NRC is an alternative and renewable source of energy, derived from the effective radiation of the Earth into the Space. If the given surface is located so that it looks to the night sky, then under the particular condition more energy can be generated under the effect of radiative cooling, than received from the atmosphere. As a result the temperature of the surface can be kept lower than the temperature of the ambient air. This effect can be used for creation of the refrigeration systems with the low energy consumption and as a result lower negative influence on the environment. During the research it has been identified that the possibility of the NRC usage is mostly predetermined by the specifics of the climate of the each region. In particular climate conditions the refrigeration systems working on night radiative cooling will be more effective that in others.