Numerical evaluation and optimization of the combined solar thermal and electric desiccant cooling system

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-192

  Enteria, Napoleon ^a   Yoshino, Hiroshi ^b   Satake, Akira ^c   Mochida, Akashi ^b   Yoshie, Ryuichiro ^a   Mizutani, Kunio ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAEDA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desiccant cooling; Numerical evaluation; Optimization; Parametric investigation; Solar thermal; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HUMIDITY CONTROL; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

% REDUCTIONS; DESICCANT COOLING; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL EVALUATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE; TRNSYS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 77954275746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2009-12800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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