Experimental assessment of a solar desiccant cooling system for an institutional building in subtropical Queensland, Australia

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-86

  Baniyounes, Ali M ^a   Rasul, M G ^a   Khan, M M K ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Evaporative; Hybrid; Solar desiccant cooling; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DESICCANT COOLING; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATIVE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYBRID; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS;

DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875722342     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.02.062     Document Type: Article

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