Experimental investigation of a solar desiccant cooling installation
- LOCIE Laboratoire Optimisation de la Conception et Ingenierie de l'Environnement, Campus Scientifique Universite de Savoie, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac (France)
- LEPTIAB Laboratoire d'Etude des Phenomenes de Transfert et de l'Instantaneite Agro-Industrie et Batiment Pole Sciences et Technologies, Universite La Rochelle, Avenue Marillac 17000 La Rochelle (France)
Desiccant cooling is a technique based on evaporative cooling and air dehumidification using desiccant regenerated by thermal energy. It is particularly interesting when it is driven by waste or solar heat making this technique environmentally friendly. In this paper, an experimental investigation is carried on a desiccant air handling unit powered by vacuum-tube solar collectors. First, the components are studied under various operating conditions. Then overall performance of the installation is evaluated over a day for a moderately humid climate with regeneration solely by solar energy. In these conditions the overall efficiency of the solar installation is 0.55 while the thermodynamic coefficient of performance is 0.45 and the performance indicator based on the electrical consumption is 4.5. Finally, the impact of outside and regeneration conditions on the performance indicators is studied. (author)
- OSTI ID:
- 21236010
- Journal Information:
- Solar Energy, Vol. 83, Issue 11; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0038-092X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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