Development and Analysis of Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air Conditioner Prototype

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

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Air Conditioners;    Buildings;    Compression;    Testing;    Building Energy Simulations;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1043778
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP-5500-54755
RP-ID  :  AC36-08GO28308
RP-ID  :  1043778

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 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.