Recently, the traditional energy types have failed to satisfy the human needs because of their limited quantity as well as their negative environmental impacts. Conventional cold producing machines that are based on vapor compression principle are primary electricity consumers and their working...

Integration of the heat pipe with an ejector will result in a compact and high performance system. The concept of the heat pipe/ejector refrigeration cycle is discussed, in this paper. The needed driving capillary forces are firmly established. The basic characteristics of the system, such as...

A novel small-sized integrated solar desalination system with multi-stage evaporation/heat recovery processes is designed and tested. The system consists of four linked collecting units. In each unit, an independent desalination process including solar heat collecting, heat recovery and seawater...

Independent air dehumidification provides an attractive alternative to traditional coupled air dehumidification with reduced energy use, better humidity control and indoor air quality. According to this concept, latent load is treated by an independent system and the sensible load is treated by...