3. Application to Solar energy management on Earth
Components of the environment have been heated by the Sun and kept more or less warm without heat accumulation. These environmental elements can be compared to the foods placed inside a refrigerator where the temperature is controlled. However, there are differences. The compressor present in Figure 1 that allows and speeds up thermal exchanges from cold inside to hot outside is replaced by chaotic turbulences in atmosphere (winds, streams, tornadoes, hurricanes) and oceans (hot and cold streams) to dispatch heat within the whole environment. The condenser is replaced by the cold zone of the atmosphere where vapor condenses at dew temperature to form clouds which release the heat stored at the evaporation stage. The refrigerant present in the cooling circuit of the refrigerator is replaced by water, and the heat energy released during cloud formation is eliminated from the high atmosphere partly by radiation to space partly by returning to the surface via rain and snow. The whole process is schematized in Figure 2. It is important to note that the part of heat eliminated to space by radiation from water located at the top of clouds will not be absorbed by water molecules located in the upper atmosphere since water is not present there, a favorable fact to avoid electromagnetic waves absorption according to the Beer-Lambert law, in contrast to the case of CO2 (Scirroco; 2018).