Critical review and future prospects for desiccant coated heat exchangers: Materials, design, and manufacturing

T Venegas, M Qu, K Nawaz, L Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solid desiccant dehumidification is a promising alternative to vapor compression-based air-
dehumidification to reduce energy consumption and improve air quality. Desiccant coated …

Regeneration energy analysis and optimization in desiccant wheels using purge mechanism

S Motaghian, H Pasdarshahri - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
As the desiccant wheel has been commonly used for dehumidification in drying process and
cooling systems, purge mechanism has been commercially applied to reduce the energy …

Efficient dehumidification and heat transfer through airfoil shaped fins with silica gel coating: A CFD simulation

M Dhull, S Nain, A Parinam - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Commercial systems used for air conditioning of buildings consume lot of energy to
condition hot and humid air. Therefore, the present paper explores the potential of a novel …

Humidity micro-climate characterisation in indoor environments: A benchmark study

M Bonello, D Micallef, SP Borg - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Humidity is an important parameter in understanding the micro-climate in indoor spaces.
Existing literature focuses mostly on spatially averaged humidity levels leaving a gap on the …

Experimental and statistical analysis of relative humidity and temperature of moist air in a flat Plate multi-layer desiccant cooling system

A Sharma, R Kaushal - … Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Sensible load and latent load are the two main factors for effective space air conditioning. In
recent times, for comfort space air conditioning, several efforts have been made to drop the …

Humidity distribution in high-occupancy indoor micro-climates

M Bonello, D Micallef, SP Borg - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The general consensus among academics is that the spatio-temporal humidity distribution is
more or less uniform in an indoor space. This has, for the large part, not yet been proven by …

An overview of recent studies on the development of desiccant air-conditioning systems

H Fatahian, H Salarian… - International Journal of …, 2020 - journal.ump.edu.my
In the past decades, desiccant cooling systems have received much attention. These
systems are considered as an alternative way to decrease energy consumption and …

[PDF][PDF] Humidity Distribution in High-Occupancy Indoor Micro-Climates. Energies 2021, 14, 681

M Bonello, D Micallef, SP Borg - 2021 - academia.edu
The general consensus among academics is that the spatio-temporal humidity distribution is
more or less uniform in an indoor space. This has, for the large part, not yet been proven by …