Experimental studies on the dehumidifier and regenerator of a liquid desiccant cooling system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-267

  Jain, Sanjeev ^a   Dhar, P L ^a   Kaushik, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dehumidifier; Desiccant cooling systems; Ecofriendly air conditioning; Experimentation; Liquid desiccants; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042160709     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(99)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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