3th WCSET-2014 at Nepal
Mechanical Engineering / Sustainable Energy Session:
Title:
Energy Efficient Liquid Desiccant Cooling system
Authors:
Jagannath Korody, S. S. Sharma, Chandrashekhar Bhat,
Achutha Kini, Raghavendra Prabhu P., Manish Agarwal
Abstract: The
refrigeration and air conditioning technology have been
passing through a changing phase. The problems of ozone
depletion and global warming have created a void in
refrigeration and air conditioning industry which have
led the refrigeration community to research for
alternative refrigerants and alternative cooling
technologies. Desiccant cooling systems combine
dehumidification, heat recovery, evaporation and heating
to create a cooling process which can offer energy
savings compared to conventional air conditioning
systems. It is one kind of innovative technologies which
employs renewable energy to produce the desired air for
comfortable working/living spaces. These systems have
little dependency on fossil-fuel energy and are
environment friendly. Desiccant cooling uses liquid or
solid desiccant in order to dehumidify the processed
air. By coupling with mechanical cooling, desiccant
systems can avoid the need for reheat which is essential
in conventional systems. Desiccant cooling has long been
adopted for both industrial and agricultural purposes,
and is now taking a more and more prominent role in the
air-conditioning field. It is economical and
haseffective humidity control at low and moderate
temperatures since it makes full use of surface vapor
press ure difference to realize moisture transfer
between the process air and liquid desiccant. In the
present paper, the heat and mass transfer in the various
components of the desiccant system is analyzed and COP
of the system is obtained by numerical simulation
through theoretical model. The influence of air
temperature, relative humidity, air flow rate, desiccant
flow rate, desiccant concentration on the cooling
capacity and COP of the system is studied. It is
observed that when the cooling and heating is replaced
by renewable energy, COP is greatly enhanced.
Keywords: Desiccant,
Dehumidifier, Regenerator, Heat exchanger
Pages:
365-370