Potential of solar heat pipe vacuum collectors in the desiccant cooling process: Modelling and experimental results

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1209-1219

  Bourdoukan, P ^a   Wurtz, E ^b   Joubert, P ^a   Sperandio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire Optimisation de la Conception et Ingenierie de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Desiccant cooling; Experimental set up; Overall efficiency; Simulation; Vacuum solar collectors

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ELECTRON TUBES; HEAT PIPES; SOLAR ENERGY;

DESICCANT COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION; VACUUM SOLAR COLLECTORS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

COOLING; DESICCATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MODELING; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 55249117241     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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