Facilities for testing desiccant materials and geometries of dehumidifiers for solar-regenerated desiccant cooling systems

Conference · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6013807

Pesaran, A. A.; Bingham, C. E.

Four experimental test facilities for characterizing the performance of solid desiccant materials and dehumidifier matrices which have the potential to be used in solar-regenerated desiccant cooling systems are reviewed. The water equilibrium capacity and sorption rates of desiccant materials, depending on their form, can be either measured with a quartz crystal microbalance or a desiccant sorption test facility. Pressure drop, heat- and mass-transfer rates and transient equilibrium dehumidification capacity of a dehumidifier matrices are measured in a desiccant heat and mass transfer test facility. The performance and steady state dehumidification capabilities of prototype dehumidifier components under realistic conditions are measured in a desiccant cyclic test facility. The description of the test apparatus, experimental procedure, measurement errors, and typical results for the four test facilities are presented here. 15 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 6013807
• Report Number(s): SERI/TP-254-3453; CONF-890436-11; ON: DE89000842
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603 -- Materials-- Properties
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DESICCANTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS TESTING
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING