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Liquid desiccant air conditioners: an attractive alternative to vapour-compression systems.

Author(s) : LOWENSTEIN A.

Summary

The author makes a detailed description of the principle and operation of a water evaporation cold production system, with the air meant to evaporate the water being previously dried by contact with a dehydrating solution, generally lithium bromide-based. The full system includes an absorber in which the air to be processed is dried and cooled-down, a water cooling tower feeding an exchanger that cools the hot concentrated solution of lithium chloride, and a poor-solution-regeneration unit using heat. Advances to expect in these fields are described, possible COPs are indicated and vary greatly with exterior-air wet-bulb temperature.

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  • Original title: Liquid desiccant air conditioners: an attractive alternative to vapour-compression systems.
  • Record ID : 1995-0407
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Proceedings of the 1993 Non-Fluorocarbon Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technology Workshop.
  • Publication date: 1993/06/23
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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