What is solar air conditioning?

Solar air conditioner is a form of solar energy application, which converts solar energy into electricity or heat energy through solar panels or solar collectors to directly power the air conditioner unit or deliver heat directly to the room to regulate the room temperature.

Types of solar air conditioners

DC solar air conditioner: solar panels generate all DC electricity, and DC solar air conditioner, just like its name, is to generate electricity directly from solar panels as the source of electricity for solar air conditioners, without connecting to the grid, reducing electricity bills. There is no inverter in a DC solar air conditioning system, usually the solar air conditioning system has only solar panels, solar air conditioner, solar controller, and can also be used with or without batteries. Used more in Africa and the Middle East, they are cheap and usually cost between one hundred and three hundred dollars.

AC Solar Air Conditioner: AC solar air conditioners have to use alternating current and an inverter is needed in this type of system. It is similar to a regular air conditioner except that this solar air conditioner has one more source of power, which is the electricity generated by the solar panels. It can then be directly connected to the power grid and can use both solar power and grid power. This solves the problem that the solar panels may not generate enough electricity for the solar air conditioner, causing the temporary solar air conditioner to stop working.

Solar air conditioning advantages

1. Friendly to the environment: traditional air conditioning to Freon as a medium, it has a great damage to the ozone layer, but solar air conditioning does not use Freon as a medium, but to non-toxic, harmless water or lithium bromide as a medium, reducing the harm to the environment.

2. Reduce the use of electricity: traditional air conditioners mainly use electricity passed through the power grid as energy to regulate the temperature of the indoor environment, the use of which consumes a lot of electricity, and most families only use air conditioners in high temperatures. Solar air conditioning does not use the power provided by the grid, it uses the power converted into electricity by solar energy, essentially reducing the use of electricity.

3. High stability: in hot weather, often reach peak electricity consumption, the grid supply is insufficient, there will be a temporary power outage, affecting your comfort, but if you use solar air conditioning, there will be no such problem, in the peak electricity consumption can still enjoy a comfortable environment.

Disadvantages of solar air conditioning

1. High cost: the upfront cost of solar air conditioning is high, most of the investment will be focused on solar inverters and solar panels, which is the main reason why most homes and businesses give up using solar air conditioning.

2. Dependence on the environment: solar air conditioning is dependent on the environment, in high temperature conditions, generally sunny, solar air conditioning can absorb more sunlight to achieve the effect of cooling, but if in the winter, the sunlight is less, solar air conditioning cannot get enough power resulting in solar air conditioning cannot achieve the effect of heating.

To summarize: your house can get enough sunlight, solar air conditioner is a good choice to reduce your financial expenses.