Effect of free cooling on the operation of a desiccant evaporative cooling system

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-138

  Maalouf, Chadi ^a   Wurtz, Etienne ^b   Mora, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b INES: Institute National d'Energie Solaire Savoie Technolac   (France)

Author keywords

Desiccant cooling; Free cooling; Primary energy; SPARK

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ELECTRIC SPARKS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

DESICCANT COOLING; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; DESICCANT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY; FREE COOLING; PRIMARY ENERGIES; REGENERATION ENERGY; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT;

COOLING;

EID: 50549103489     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2008.11683805     Document Type: Article

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