Historical review of liquid desiccant evaporation cooling technology

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-33

  Mohammad, Abdulrahman Th ^a,b   Mat, Sohif Bin ^a   Sulaiman, M Y ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Al Abidi, Abduljalil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Direct evaporative cooler; Hybrid; Indirect evaporative cooler; Liquid desiccant

Indexed keywords

DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER; HYBRID; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; LIQUID DESICCANT; LIQUID DESICCANT AIR-CONDITIONING; LIQUID DESICCANT SYSTEM; VAPOR-COMPRESSION SYSTEMS;

COOLING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; VAPORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84883748637     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.018     Document Type: Review

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