A feasibility study of a solar desiccant air-conditioning system - Part II: Transient simulation and economics

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-116

  Davanagere, B S ^a   Sherif, S A ^b   Goswami, D Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling; Desiccants; Simulation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR REFRIGERATION;

SOLAR DESICCANT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0033078503     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199902)23:2<103::AID-ER440>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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