Testing of a solar powered cooling system using cross-cooled desiccant dehumidifiers
Conference
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· Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5857030
A solar powered desiccant cooling system using two fixed bed silica gel dehumidifiers has been designed, built and is being tested. The dehumidifiers, 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 m each, are constructed of 80 channels lined with 64 m/sup 2/ of 1.5 mm thick silica gel sheets. The bed is cooled by air flowing in an equal number of perpendicular channels. Both sets of channels are two mm wide, the dehumidifiers undergo adsorption, preheating, desorption and precooling in a cyclic fashion. The cooling capacity of the experimental system is one ton at ARI design conditions. The system has a high cooling capacity, high COP, low parasitic power consumption and requires low regeneration temperatures.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago
- DOE Contract Number:
- EG-77-C-01-4042
- OSTI ID:
- 5857030
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-810509-(Vol.1)
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 4.1; Conference: Annual conference of the International Solar Energy Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 26 May 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DESICCANTS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
TESTING
ADSORPTION
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COOLING
DESORPTION
HEATING
POWER DEMAND
SILICA GEL
ADSORBENTS
EQUIPMENT
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SORPTION
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DESICCANTS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
TESTING
ADSORPTION
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COOLING
DESORPTION
HEATING
POWER DEMAND
SILICA GEL
ADSORBENTS
EQUIPMENT
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SORPTION
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling