Performance of a cross-cooled desiccant dehumidifier prototype
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5352120
The cross-cooled dehumidifier prototype was constructed in the form of a cube with a side dimension of 0.6 m. The cross-cooling was achieved by passing air through rectangular channels perpendicular to process channels which are lined with desiccant sheets consisting of 9..mu..m Syloid 63/sup TM/ silica gel held in a Teflon web. The process for the manufacture of the silica gel sheets was developed at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The dehumidifier prototype was installed in a test system that simulated the performance of a cross-cooled desiccant cooling system and monitored the performance of the prototype. The dehumidifier prototype was operated over a wide range of operating conditions which would be typically encountered in the field installation of such a system. Variables measured were the moisture cycled, cooling capacity, total cooling capacity and coefficient of performance.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-77CS31589
- OSTI ID:
- 5352120
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/31589-T9; DES-81-1; ON: DE82003366
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ADSORBENTS
ADSORPTION
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COOLING
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DESICCANTS
DESORPTION
EQUIPMENT
EVAPORATORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HUMIDITY
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SILICA GEL
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SORPTION
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TESTING
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ADSORBENTS
ADSORPTION
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COOLING
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DESICCANTS
DESORPTION
EQUIPMENT
EVAPORATORS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HUMIDITY
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SILICA GEL
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SORPTION
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TESTING