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Development of Membrane-Based Desiccant Fiber for Vacuum Desiccant Cooling

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016
A novel hydrophobic membrane-based desiccant fiber (MDF) was developed by loading lithium chloride into hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes. The MDF thus made was then tested for vapor absorption under controlled conditions. Furthermore, an MDF pad, which was made by weaving MDF into a piece of garment, was built into a laboratory vacuum desiccant ...
Yifan, Yang, Dipak, Rana, Christopher Q, Lan, Takeshi, Matsuura   +3 more
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An Alternative Desiccant Cooling Cycle

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 1995
A computer analysis of the thermal performance of a desiccant cooling cycle in which the cooled air, passing to the space to be conditioned, has not been in contact with the desiccant. It is shown that an important factor is the efficiency of the desiccant tower. Only liquid desiccants are considered.
C. F. Kettleborough, D. G. Waugaman
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Desiccant cooling: Parametric energy study

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 1998
Desiccants have been used in many applications to provide dehumidification. This paper describes an application of desiccants which provides both dehumidification and sensible cooling, with little or no use of conventional vapour-compression refrigeration plant. Through a parametric study, the energy consumption and costs of a desiccant cooling system
C.B. Beggs, B. Warwicker
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IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLID DESICCANT COOLING

Drying Technology, 1993
ABSTRACT The DINC (Direct-Indirect Evaporative Cooling) cycle was proposed in 1986 by Texas A6H researchers. The idea wae to combine the benefits of direct and indirect evaporative cooling with desiccant dehumidifying using a rotating aolid silica-gel dehumidifier. Recent parametric studies completed for the Texas Energy Ramarch In Applications Program
Dennis Waugamman, Anil Kini, C. Fred Kettleborough   +2 more
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Recent progress on desiccant materials for solid desiccant cooling systems

Energy, 2014
Abstract SDC (Solid desiccant cooling) systems have gained increasing interest as an alternative air conditioning technology. Performance of desiccant plays a crucial role in overall performance of the whole system, especially in terms of dehumidification and regeneration capacity.
X. Zheng, T.S. Ge, R.Z. Wang
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Desiccant aging and its effects on desiccant cooling system performance

Applied Thermal Engineering, 1996
Desiccants used for the purpose of space conditioning or enthalpy transfer can be subjected to hundreds of thousands of adsorption/regeneration cycles over their useful life. Studying the loss of a desiccant's equilibrium water adsorption capacity after exposure to thermal cycling is a common method for quantifying desiccant aging. Since isotherm shape
William A. Belding, Marc P.F. Delmas, William D. Holeman   +2 more
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Desiccant Degradation in Desiccant Cooling Systems: A System Study

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 1993
We predicted the impact of desiccant degradation on the performance of an open-cycle desiccant cooling system in ventilation mode using the degradation data on silica gel obtained from a previous study. The degradation data were based on thermal cycling desiccant samples and exposing them to ambient or contaminated air.
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Desiccant Degradation in Desiccant Cooling Systems: An Experimental Study

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 1993
We conducted experiments to quantify the effects of thermal cycling and exposure to contamination on solid desiccant materials that may be used in desiccant cooling systems. The source of contamination was cigarette smoke, which is considered one of the worst pollutants in building cooling applications.
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A Review of Desiccant Cooling Systems

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 1993
This paper describes recent published design advances that have been made in desiccant cooling systems. In desiccant cooling cycles, the desiccant reduces the humidity of the air by removing moisture from the air. Then the temperature is reduced by other components such as heat exchangers, evaporative coolers, or conventional cooling coils.
D. G. Waugaman, A. Kini, C. F. Kettleborough   +2 more
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A hybrid solar desiccant cooling system

Solar Energy, 1985
Alternative methods of providing cooling using lower-grade energy have been investigated. This paper considers a cycle which combines indirect evaporative cooling with a dehumidifier to meet latent loads and a vapour compression refrigeration unit to meet sensible load.
J.C. Sheridan, J.W. Mitchell
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