Solar air conditioning system

Abstract

A solar powered air conditioning system includes an energy generating loop and a cooling loop. The energy loop includes a tank containing liquid refrigerant, a pump, a heat supply container including a coil, a magnifier lens and a turbine generator. The lens intensifies energy from the sun and directs it to the coil. When the pump is engaged, the refrigerant travels to the heat supply container where the sun heats and changes it from a liquid to a gas. The gas is conducted to the generator producing electricity. The cooling loop includes a shutoff valve, a fan disposed in an environment of interest, a separator, a condenser and an evaporator. In a cooling cycle, the gaseous refrigerant moves from the generator to the separator. The refrigerant is passed to the condenser. The fan directs air to the condenser where the refrigerant absorbs heat to cool the environment of interest.

1 . A solar powered air conditioning system, comprising:
 an energy generating loop, including:   a storage tank containing a refrigerant mixture in a liquid state;   a pump;   a heat supply container including a heat generating coil;   a magnifier lens coupled to the heat supply container, the magnifier lens collecting and intensifying energy from the sun and directing the energy to an absorption end of the heat generating coil;   a turbine generator; and   a first plurality of pipes coupled to the pump and defining a path from the storage tank through the heat supply container and to the turbine generator;   wherein when the pump is engaged the pipes conduct the refrigerant mixture from the storage tank to the heat supply container where it is heated by the energy from the sun to cause the refrigerant mixture to change from a liquid state to a gaseous state, the gaseous refrigerant being conducted to the turbine generator where back pressure turns the turbine generator producing electricity; and   a cooling loop including:   a thermostatic control;   a shutoff valve coupled to the thermostatic control a fan disposed in an environment of interest and being coupled to the thermostatic control;   a separator for separating water and gas from a gaseous mixture;   a condenser;   an evaporator; and   a second plurality of pipes coupled to the turbine generator and defining a path from the turbine generator through the shutoff valve, the separator, the condenser, the evaporator and to the storage tank;   wherein when in a cooling cycle, the thermostatic control opens the shutoff valve to direct the gaseous refrigerant from the turbine generator to the separator, the gaseous refrigerant is passed to the condenser, the fan direct ambient air to the condenser where the gaseous refrigerant absorbs heat to cool the environment of interest, the gaseous refrigerant is passed to the evaporator where heat is exhausted from the gaseous refrigerant such that it returns to a liquid state and is provided back to the storage tank.   
   
   
       2 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant liquid is comprised of water and ammonia. 
   
   
       3 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the energy generating loop further includes a battery coupled to the turbine generator for storing electricity. 
   
   
       4 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the energy generating loop further includes a back up heat supply coupled between the heat supply container and the turbine generator for providing supplemental energy to heat the refrigerant. 
   
   
       5 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein when in a non-cooling cycle the thermostatic control closes the shutoff valve and directs the gaseous refrigerant from the turbine generator to the evaporator bypassing the separator and the condenser. 
   
   
       6 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling loop further includes a refrigeration loop coupling the separator and the evaporator, the refrigeration loop comprising a refrigeration unit for cooling articles of interest. 
   
   
       7 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a secondary lens disposed between the magnifier lens and the absorption end of the beat generating coil at a focal point of the magnifier lens, the secondary lens collecting and intensifying energy from the magnifier lens and directing the intensified energy to the absorption end of the heat generating coil.   
   
   
       8 . The solar powered air conditioning system of  claim 7 , wherein the magnifier lens is comprised of a fresnel lens and the secondary lens is comprised of a refractive lens.