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iwylie on March 11, 2009 - 10:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Absorptive cooling is the principle behind the "Einstein Refrigerator" and it is an impressive design, not requiring electricity. It was worked on by Einstein and his former student Leo Szilard. It lost favor when Freon refrigerators become so big. They are redesigning it for remote locations and making it more efficient:

http://www.goodcleantech.com/2008/09/einsteins_green_refrigerator_g.php

It is certainly not unreasonable to use CHP to run cooling for industrial uses. Also, there are plenty of heating requirements even in hot climates (as has been mentioned). Municipal swimming pools come to mind (non-industrial), but hot water is one of the main requirements for bitumen extraction from oil sands...

CHP is a great idea. CCS is a bad idea (IMO), but it is a great boondoggle to get money from governments!

Ian

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Engineer-Poet on March 14, 2009 - 4:03pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

That looks like a scientifically-illiterate description of an Electrolux-cycle ammonia absorption fridge.

You can buy them today; if your RV has a propane/electric fridge, you already own one.

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