Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype

Kozubal, E. ; Woods, J. ; Judkoff, R.

关键词: AIR CONDITIONERS;    COMMERCIALIZATION;    COMPRESSION;    DESICCANTS;    DESIGN;    PERFORMANCE;    SIMULATION;    TESTING;    EVAPORATIVE COOLING DESICCANT ENHANCED EVAPORATIVE AIR CONDITIONER (DEVAP AC);    PROTOTYPE;    BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS;    VAPOR COMPRESSION AIR CONDITIONER;    Buildings;    Building America;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1043778
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP-5500-54755
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1043778
Others  :  TRN: US201214%%174

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

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 them to validate the numerical model, and identify potential commercialization barriers.