Development of Movable Package Type of Snow Cooling System: Trial and Proof Examination of Water Circulation Shower Type Device

Recently, a large number of air-conditioning system that uses the snow as cold energy source (snow cooling system) has been increasing due to the environmental emerging that is represented by the global warming. While the reducing of the operational cost of this system is advanced, there is a demand for a simple cooling system that can be used in the necessary places where the snow mound is available to supply the cold energy source. Therefore, we have been starting the research and development of a movable package type of snow air-conditioning system since 2001. Based on how to gain the cold energy from snow, the snow cooling system can be divided into two types: Air circulation type and Cold-water circulation type. In this paper, we report an experimental research and development of a cold-water circulation shower type of the snow cooling system.