If a working fluid is heated, such as in rooftop solar thermal, is there a way to easily converted this heat to pressure while reducing the temperature to ambient? AskEngineers

If so, could one make an air conditioner/refrigerator to use this (i.e. then isenthalpically expand this fluid so it's cold/run the regular refrigeration cycle)? Is this at all feasible?

Submitted June 17, 2016 at 01:39PM by lepriccon22 http://ift.tt/1XYYdLN AskEngineers