ABSTRACT

Summer is upon us, and complaints about the heat will soon be common in
many places. But few places will reach the scorching temperatures residents of
rural areas will experience, and air conditioning is simply not an option for
most people living in rural areas. Zero Electricity Air Conditioning is an attempt
to provide low cost air conditioning effect and is built from a common waste
item: empty plastic soda bottles. To create this nifty cooling system, plastic
bottles are cut in half and then mounted into a grid through bottleneck- sized
holes. The grid can be situated over a window with the narrower top end of the
bottle facing inwards. When the wind blows through the bottles, cool air
funnels into the hut. According to Eco-Cooler, this technique can decrease
temperatures in the home by up to 5C. Phase Changing Materials like paraffin
and salt hydrates adds further supplements to this system.
 1. INTRODUCTION

ZERO ELECTRICITY AIR CONDITIONING is eco-friendly method to cool down

natural air. The further advantage of this method is to reuse the waste items like empty
bottle soda plastics. The set-up of Zero Electricity Air Conditioning consists of the
following things:
1. Thermocol Sheets
2. Bottle Cans
3. Small Strands
4. Phase Changing Material
The working is based on the principle that when the compressed air expands through
the nozzle, the swirl motion is created. The air moves as a free vortex from the nozzle
plane towards the valve end. As it reaches near the valve, the kinetic energy is
converted into the pressure energy giving a point of stagnation.

But, the stagnation pressures are higher than the pressure in the nozzle plane, thereby
the reversal inflow takes place. This reversed flow comes in contact with the forward
moving free vortex which causes the reversed vortex flow to rotate with it. During the
process of forced vortex flow, the energy is supplied from the outer moving layer. This
energy supply is insignificant compared to pumping of energy from the core to the outer
layer due to turbulent mixing in the centrifugal flow fields. As a result, there is a flow of
cold core surrounded by the hot concentric flow field.
The neck of plastic bottles helps to compress the air. As the hot air is pushed towards
the rim of the bottle, it starts expanding. The rapid expansion of the warm air cools the
air down.

COOL AIR
 Figure 1.1 Working principle of Zero Electric Air Conditioning

2. PROCEDURE

The steps which are followed for making the set-up for Zero Electricity Air
Conditioning are following:-

1. Gather as many used soft-drink and water bottles. The bigger the size
difference between the body and the rim of the bottle, the better.
2. Measure the window you want to make the Eco-Cooler for. Cut a sturdy
2mm medium density board or similar sturdy board in the same size.
3. Cut holes in the board according to the measurement of the rim of the
bottle. Make sure the cuts are spaced out according to the body size of the
bottles.

4. Using a pair of scissors, cut the bottle in half normal to the body axis.
5. Remove the top of the bottle cap. This helps to fix the bottle into the
board.
6. Pushing the cut bottle from the outer side of the board, twist the bottle
from the inner side and tighten it, to keep the bottle in its place.
Repeat the same for the remaining bottles and fix the Eco-Cooler from the outer
side of the window.
3. OBSERVATION

The phase changing material like paraffin or fatty acid is placed in the strand
which is mounted at the inlet of the bottle. The purpose of phase changing
material is to absorb the heat content from air. The utility of the phase changing
material is that it does not undergo any temperature change while absorbing
maximum amount of heat content from air thereby cooling the air. This air is
passed through the outlet of the bottle where it undergoes the expansion process
which further cools down the air.

The thermometer is placed on the top of the rectangular thermocol box.

The following observations were made:
1. The initial box temperature was recorded to be 37.5C.
2. After a period of 10min, the setup temperature decreases to 34.8C.
3. We saw a temperature fall of 2.7C.
4. RESULT
The temperature difference observed was 2.7 C. Thus the cooling of air is
observed without any application of external source. This set up also elaborates
how to repurpose plastic bottles into a low-cost, easy-to-make, electricity-free
air conditioner that can help the country's poorest better tolerate the sweltering
summer heat. The AC unit also adds to the list of ways plastic bottles can be
recycled.
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