In the solid desiccant wheel air-conditioning system, the performance of the desiccant wheel is critical to the capability, size and cost of the whole system. Constructing mathematical model is an effective method for analyzing the performance of the rotary wheel as well as the system. The model...

In ejector refrigeration systems, the performance of the ejector is critical to the performance, capability, size and cost of the whole system. Construction of mathematical models has been used as an effective method for analyzing the performance of the ejector as well as the whole refrigeration...

Rotary desiccant air conditioning system, which combines the technologies of desiccant dehumidification and evaporative cooling, is advantageous in being free from CFCs, using low grade thermal energy and controlling humidity and temperature separately. Compared with conventional vapor...

A novel chiller with open-cycle rotary desiccant cooling has been investigated experimentally. The technologies of two-stage dehumidification and regenerative evaporative cooling have been integrated together in this chiller. The objective of this study is to extend the ability for handling...

To solve the overheating problem caused by the solar radiation and to keep the indoor temperature and humidity at a proper level for plants or crops, cooling technologies play vital role in greenhouse industry, and among which evaporative cooling is one of the most commonly-used methods....

Increasing attention is being given to energy-saving air conditioning technology in recent years. Using natural refrigerant and driven by low grade thermal energy, rotary desiccant cooling system has become a sound alternative solution to conventional vapor compression system. Although one-stage...

Solar powered solid desiccant cooling system is a good alternative to conventional vapor compression system. In this paper, a novel solar driven desiccant coated heat exchanger cooling (SDCC) system is proposed. In order to validate the feasibility of such system and to predict system...

A one-rotor two-stage rotary desiccant cooling system (OTSDC), in which two-stage dehumidification process is realized by one desiccant wheel, was investigated experimentally. The system was proposed to reduce the volume of two-stage rotary desiccant cooling system (TSDC) with two desiccant...

A novel rotary desiccant cooling cycle is proposed and studied using thermodynamic analysis method. The proposed cycle integrates the technologies of isothermal dehumidification and regenerative evaporative cooling, which are beneficial for irreversibility reduction. Thermodynamic investigation...

This study reports the performance of a demonstrated 2304 m2 solar-heated greenhouse equipped with a seasonal thermal energy storage system in Shanghai, east China. This energy storage system utilises 4970 m3 of underground soil to store the heat captured by a 500 m2 solar collector in...