Abstract
This chapter discusses the solar refrigeration for developing countries. As each cycle consists of two periods; heating/desorption/condensation and cooling/ adsorption/evaporation., this mode of operation is well-suited to solar energy. A solar powered ice maker was designed and fabricated with the activated carbon/methanol pair. The ice-maker can produce about 4–5 kg of ice per sunny day for an exposed collector area of 0.92 m2 and the ice is easily removed and machine can be automatically operated. Since, the time for adsorption is quite long (from 17:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the next morning), the slow adsorption due to the pressure drop could be overcome. Therefore, the system provides a simple operation and it is proven to be reliable.
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