Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype
Abstract
This report documents the design of a desiccant enhanced evaporative air conditioner (DEVAP AC) prototype and the testing to prove its performance. Previous numerical modeling and building energy simulations indicate a DEVAP AC can save significant energy compared to a conventional vapor compression AC (Kozubal et al. 2011). The purposes of this research were to build DEVAP prototypes, test themto validate the numerical model, and identify potential commercialization barriers.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1043778
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5500-54755
TRN: US201214%%174
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; AIR CONDITIONERS; COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPRESSION; DESICCANTS; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; TESTING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; desiccant enhanced evaporative (DEVAP) air conditioning; prototype; building energy simulations; vapor compression air conditioner
Citation Formats
Kozubal, Eric, Woods, Jason, and Judkoff, Ron. Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.2172/1043778.
Kozubal, Eric, Woods, Jason, & Judkoff, Ron. Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1043778
Kozubal, Eric, Woods, Jason, and Judkoff, Ron. 2012.
"Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1043778. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1043778.
@article{osti_1043778,
title = {Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype},
author = {Kozubal, Eric and Woods, Jason and Judkoff, Ron},
abstractNote = {This report documents the design of a desiccant enhanced evaporative air conditioner (DEVAP AC) prototype and the testing to prove its performance. Previous numerical modeling and building energy simulations indicate a DEVAP AC can save significant energy compared to a conventional vapor compression AC (Kozubal et al. 2011). The purposes of this research were to build DEVAP prototypes, test themto validate the numerical model, and identify potential commercialization barriers.},
doi = {10.2172/1043778},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1043778},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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