A Review on Solar Cooling Technologies

Abstract

Solar energy is a renewable and efficacious source of energy which is most fundamentally used in recent and evolving technologies. Solar Cooling is one such technology which uses the energy produced from the solar photo-voltaic cell to generate cooling which further can be utilized for refrigeration and air conditioning applications. Developments in the field of solar-powered cooling systems have increased the scope of future research and global usage. This paper provides a review and analysis of different solar cooling technologies that can be implemented to generate a cooling effect in various applications. In this paper, Solar Thermal and Electrical technologies are discussed with different attributes which can be utilised for comparison, reflecting the advantages and correct usage for each technology.

The life course paradigm and consumer behavior: Research frontiers and future directions

“…To illustrate the value of the life course approach to consumer research, Moschis (2007a) developed a conceptual model based on the LPC's tenets relevant to the study of materialism and compulsive buying. The model has served as a basis for integrating earlier research on these two topics (e.g., Rindfleisch et al, 1997;Roberts et al, 2003) and for interpreting empirical findings; and it has facilitated research on materialism and compulsive buying in a dozen countries (for studies, see Mathur, 2019Mathur, , 2020Moschis, 2019).…”

“…One source found 4528 publication with "life course" as a key word in the ISI Web of Science database before the end of the first decade of the 21st century (year 2009); and there were 54 subject areas that had at least 20 publications each, with the areas of sociology and several subfields of psychology accounting for nearly 40% of the total life course studies (the closest to any area of business was economics, ranked 34th with <1%) (Billari, 2009). This approach to research has also been recently employed to study select types of consumption phenomena in more than one dozen countries (for studies, see Mathur, 2019Mathur, , 2020Moschis, 2019).…”