Effect of ambient conditions on the first and second law performance of an open desiccant cooling process

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 931-946

  Kanoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Bolattürk, Ali ^b   Altuntop, Necdet ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling; Desiccant; Refrigeration; Second law analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING; EVAPORATION; REGENERATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

DESICCANTS; SECOND-LAW ANALYSIS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; REGENERATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

EID: 33751411067     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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