That would be wonderful right now. Been hot and humid here (rains everyday seems like). Temps approaching low 90's every day. Now if I could somehow convert the biomass burner to cool, instead of heat, I could become a very rich person overnight....
Physically a bit large for residential application...lolI also used to have a chill vactor system at work. Not many of them around. Put steam in one end, get cold water out the other with no intermediate working fluid, just water and steam. It was about 4 stories tall.
About what we use as well but then it powers the stove and oven too. I have minimal solar on mine. I prefer using an Inverter genny to top off the storage batteries and we aren't big into conveniences like a TV or even a microwave. it's wilderness camping for us and I still prefer cooking on an open campfire versus the stove. I have my Lodge Dutch oven which I use a lot. Have a small Champion Inverter and it handles everything nicely. Where we camp (in the woods), no ac needed, always cool under the forest canopy with the bugs....lol Think my HWH uses more fuel than anything else actually. Wife (and I) like hot showers before bed time.They're definitely inefficient but the simplicity is hard to beat, I have 2 fridges in my trailer, the main is a standard absorption type and we have a compressor type in the outside kitchen, we've never turned the compressor fridge on, although now thinking about it I could run it off the inverter and solar panel I installed in the trailer this spring.
Generally we only use a 30lb tank of propane a year in the RV, which costs less than $20 to fill, pretty hard to complain about that.
About what we use as well but then it powers the stove and oven too. I have minimal solar on mine. I prefer using an Inverter genny to top off the storage batteries and we aren't big into conveniences like a TV or even a microwave. it's wilderness camping for us and I still prefer cooking on an open campfire versus the stove. I have my Lodge Dutch oven which I use a lot. Have a small Champion Inverter and it handles everything nicely. Where we camp (in the woods), no ac needed, always cool under the forest canopy with the bugs....lol Think my HWH uses more fuel than anything else actually. Wife (and I) like hot showers before bed time.
Years ago (before retirement) I worked on many Absorption chillers in large buildings and factories. They were powered by steam and are still being produced today. They range in size and I have seen them as high as 3,500 tons I believe. To say they are inefficient is incorrect. An RV fridge maybe yes but commercial absorption chillers are very efficient.
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I just spent 3 days over 97F on the beach in Maine. Read that sentence again….Here it’s been 60s and the wind off the lake makes it feel colder. Had frost in places on the first day of summer.
On the rare occasion it does get to 90s and high humidity, I just hang out in the basement. Dehumidifier makes it feel like a dry icebox.
I think the steam chillers while not efficient can help reduce electric demand on peak summer days. Umaine used to request faculty students and staff work from home if possible and then fire up the backup generators on those days to avoid surcharges on their power bill. The clean room and building was cooled by a steam chiller.
I just spent 3 days over 97F on the beach in Maine. Read that sentence again….
Being from NC(via Kansas), it was stupid hot. Water was 53F. So somewhere on the walk from the water to the umbrella I was comfortable for about 30 seconds. High in the 60s for the next few days.
I do think the absorption chillers, while inefficient, can shift some demand from the electric grid and should not be discounted as a cooling source. Solar chillers?????….
Just put up PV panels……
Subscribed to his channel along with 'Smarter Everyday'. I enjoy people like that. A stagnant mind is a bad thing. My issue is always converting metric to SAE.