Radiative cooling: A review of fundamentals, materials, applications, and prospects

B Zhao, M Hu, X Ao, N Chen, G Pei - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
As a passive, effective, and renewable way of decreasing cooling energy requirements
without power input, radiative cooling has attracted considerable attention in the field of …

Cooling potential and applications prospects of passive radiative cooling in buildings: The current state-of-the-art

X Lu, P Xu, H Wang, T Yang, J Hou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The universe can be utilized as a sink for heat pumping by means of passive radiative
cooling (PRC). This approach is an age-old cooling practice that has had a renaissance with …

Estimation of downwelling longwave irradiance under all‐sky conditions

I Alados, I Foyo‐Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This work is focused on the characterization and parameterisation of the downward
atmospheric irradiance (LW) for clear and cloudy skies. LW is a component of the surface …

Performance of a heat pipe assisted night sky radiative cooler

CI Ezekwe - Energy conversion and management, 1990 - Elsevier
A passive radiative cooling system was designed, constructed and tested under clear skies.
This refrigerator operates by losing heat to the night sky through infrared (ir) radiation …

A night cold storage system enhanced by radiative cooling—a modified Australian cooling system

M Al-Nimr, M Tahat, M Al-Rashdan - Applied thermal engineering, 1999 - Elsevier
A mathematical model describing the performance of a modified Australian cooling system is
presented. The modified Australian cooling system is a night cold storage system enhanced …

Nocturnal distillation in basin-type solar stills

SO Onyegegbu - Applied Energy, 1986 - Elsevier
Nocturnal distillation, which dominates the output of deep basin stills, has been studied
experimentally. From observations of continuous temperature and distillate measurements …

Review of nocturnal cooling systems

K Nwaigwe, CA Okoronkwo, NV Ogueke… - … Journal of Energy …, 2010 - dl.begellhouse.com
ABSTRACT A review of nocturnal cooling systems for space cooling is presented. The
cooling systems are grouped into two broad categories, namely, the air cooling system and …

An experimental investigation of the passive cooling of a building using nighttime radiant cooling

CA Okoronkwo, KN Nwaigwe, NV Ogueke… - … Journal of Green …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
An experimental study to determine the feasibility of using nocturnally cooled water for
space cooling is presented. The experimental test rig consist of a room, flat plate sky …

Effects of seasonal weather variations on the measured performance of a natural-circulation solar-energy tropical crop dryer

OV Ekechukwu, B Norton - Energy conversion and management, 1998 - Elsevier
A comprehensive comparative analysis of the measured performance of a large scale
integral type natural-circulation solar-energy crop dryer suitable for use in the tropics is …

Field and laboratory experiments on aerosol‐induced cooling in the nocturnal boundary layer

V Mukund, DK Singh, VK Ponnulakshmi… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Heat transfer processes in the nocturnal boundary layer (NBL) influence the surface energy
budget and play an important role in many micrometeorological processes, including the …