Experiences with a gas driven, desiccant assisted air conditioning system with geothermal energy for an office building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-501

  Casas, W ^a   Schmitz, G ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Borehole heat exchanger; Combined heat and power generation; Desiccant; Gas; Geothermal; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CEILINGS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTIMATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INVESTMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SILICA GEL; WASTE HEAT;

BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; DESICCANT; ELECTRIC CHILLERS; GAS COSTS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 13244259443     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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