Proposed energy-efficient air-conditioning system using liquid desiccant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 791-806

  Kinsara, Adnan A ^a   Elsayed, Moustafa M ^b   Al Rabghi, Omar M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Energy efficiency; Liquid desiccant systems; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CALCIUM DICHLORINE SOLUTION; COOLING LOAD; LIQUID DESICCANT SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0030269115     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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