Studies on biomass assisted Absorption cooling systems

Abstract

India stands among the top five countries in fruits and vegetables newlineProduction However due to poor availability of power in rural areas only newline2 of the produced vegetables is preserved with the conventional type cold newlineStorages This leads to loss of rural economy The conventional vapour newlinecompression type cold storages require electrical mechanical work for their newlineoperation and use working fluids which are harmful to the environment In newlinethis context the vapour absorption refrigeration type cold storages could be newlineconsidered Since the vapour absorption refrigeration systems are heat newlineoperated the required thermal energy could be obtained from either waste newlineheat or renewable energy sources newlineSince the production of fruits and vegetables is rural area based newlinerenewable energy based heat operated absorption systems find its applications newlineto overcome the drawbacks mentioned earlier The biomass as the source of newlinefuel among the renewable energy sources attracts significant attention due to newlineits abundant availability and cost effective energy harnessing techniques newline newline