Experimental investigation on a one-rotor two-stage desiccant cooling/heating system driven by solar air collectors

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 3677-3683

  Li, H ^a   Dai, Y J ^a   Li, Y ^a   La, D ^a   Wang, R Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air collector; Cooling; Desiccant; Heating; Solar

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONS; COOLING CYCLE; COOLING POWER; DESICCANT; DESICCANT COOLING; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; DESICCANT WHEELS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOT AIR; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; MOISTURE REMOVAL; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; RADIANT INTENSITIES; REGENERATION TEMPERATURE; SOLAR; SOLAR AIR COLLECTOR; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SYSTEM USE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TWO STAGE;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HEATING; SPACE HEATING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80052935537     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.01.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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