Kuwait
College of Engineering & Petroleum
Mechanical Engineering Department
ME 459/01 – Engineering Design, Spring 2005/2006
Solar Refrigerator
Solar energy is one of the main renewable sources that can be used instead of oil energy to produce electricity. The aim is to design a refrigerator that works with a vapor-compression cycle and operates by electricity provided by solar cells. The solar cells receive the sun rays and convert them to electric power to charge the DC batteries. The batteries run the refrigerator through an inverter that converts the DC current to AC current.
