Indoor temperature variations resulting from solar desiccant cooling in a building without thermal backup

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-704

  White, S D ^a   Kohlenbach, P ^b   Bongs, C ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Solem Consulting   (Australia)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Desiccant system; Modelling; Office; Performance; Simulation; Solar energy; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DESICCANT SYSTEM; MODELLING; OFFICE; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 67349200686     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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