An experimental investigation on the integration of two-stage dehumidification and regenerative evaporative cooling

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 1218-1228

  La, D ^a   Dai, Y J ^a   Li, Y ^a   Tang, Z Y ^a   Ge, T S ^a   Wang, R Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Chiller; Desiccant cooling; Regenerative evaporative cooling; Two stage dehumidification

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; COOLING WATER; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL;

CHILLED WATER; CHILLED WATER PRODUCTION; CHILLER; COOLING CAPACITY; DESICCANT COOLING; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; DRY AIR; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HUMID CONDITIONS; LOW-GRADE HEATS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SPACE COOLING; THERMAL COEFFICIENTS; TWO-STAGE DEHUMIDIFICATION;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT SOURCE; HUMIDITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84870756058     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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