Project period: 2019 – 2020
Project Duration: 1 years
Funding Source: KOICA through IRDP
Principle Applicant: Design Lab, DoME, Kathmandu University
Partners: D-Lab, MIT
 Objectives
1 Installation of solar energy powered (thermal and photovoltaic) vapor absorption cooling system
(VACS) in rural community for post-harvest storage of vegetables and other agricultural products.
2 To study the performance of VACS for cooling and agro product preservation.
3 Techno-economic analysis of the installed system.
