The application of solar technologies for sustainable development of agricultural sector

S Mekhilef, SZ Faramarzi, R Saidur, Z Salam - Renewable and sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
Solar energy is one of the cleanest sources of alternative energy. Due to high energy
demand in one hand and environmental negative impact of fossil fuels, on the other hand …

Solid desiccant dehumidification and regeneration methods—A review

KS Rambhad, PV Walke, DJ Tidke - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Desiccant dehumidification system is an alternate option against conventional
dehumidification system in hot and humid climates. Conventional dehumidification systems …

Critical review of ribbed solar air heater and performance evaluation of various V-rib configuration

K Nidhul, AK Yadav, S Anish, S Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The low heat transfer rate in a flat plate solar air heater (SAH) is due to the development of a
laminar sub-layer near the heated absorber plate. Owing to this, the plate temperature rises …

Design study of configurations on system COP for a combined ORC (organic Rankine cycle) and VCC (vapor compression cycle)

H Wang, R Peterson, T Herron - Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
The study introduced a novel thermally activated cooling concept–a combined cycle couples
an ORC (organic Rankine cycle) and a VCC (vapor compression cycle). A brief comparison …

Experimental analysis on the dehumidification and thermal performance of a desiccant wheel

G Angrisani, F Minichiello, C Roselli, M Sasso - Applied Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The advantages of desiccant-based air conditioning systems, compared to conventional
ones based on the dehumidification by cooling, have been highlighted in many research …

A review of thermal cooling systems

R Best, W Rivera - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a review of the performance and development of thermal-powered cooling
systems is presented. The review covers the current state of theoretical and experimental …

Performance study of silica gel coated fin-tube heat exchanger cooling system based on a developed mathematical model

TS Ge, YJ Dai, RZ Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Desiccant coated heat exchanger (DCHE) system can handle latent and sensible load
simultaneously by removing the released adsorption heat in dehumidification process. The …

Experimental investigation on a desiccant dehumidification unit using fin-tube heat exchanger with silica gel coating

Y Zhao, TS Ge, YJ Dai, RZ Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, an experimental setup of a desiccant dehumidification unit silica gel coated fin-
tube heat exchanger is installed and investigated. In this unit, two silica gel coated heat …

A review on use of TRNSYS as simulation tool in performance prediction of desiccant cooling cycle

DB Jani, K Bhabhor, M Dadi, S Doshi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
Solid desiccant-assisted cooling and dehumidification systems are becoming very popular
nowadays for maintaining the required thermal comfort in different residential and industrial …

A review of photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) heat utilisation with low temperature desiccant cooling and dehumidification

J Guo, S Lin, JI Bilbao, SD White, AB Sproul - Renewable and sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the major obstacles to improving solar thermal cooling technologies is the high
operating temperature requirements of most solar thermal cooling systems. This paper …