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Effects of Performance Analysis of a Desiccant Cooling System with a Direct Evaporative Cooler in the Inlet of Regeneration Process  

Dash, Ulziiutas (Graduate school of Mechanical and Information Engineering, University of Seoul)
Sung, Sang-Chul (Graduate school of Mechanical and Information Engineering, University of Seoul)
Oh, Myung-Do (Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering, University of Seoul)
Lee, Dae-Young (Energy Mechanics Research Center, KIST)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.22, no.5, 2010 , pp. 328-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to make an analysis of influence on the cooling capacity and COP of a desiccant cooling system with a regenerative evaporative cooler when a direct evaporative cooler was applied to the inlet of regeneration process of this system. We used cycle simulation in order to analyze the performance of this system. From the cycle simulation, we knew that the optimal rotation time of desiccant rotor was between 160s and 220s and hardly ever affected cooling capacity of desiccant cooling system when this system was operated at the outdoor air condition of $35^{\circ}$ and 40% RH and low regeneration temperature of $60^{\circ}$. Also there was optimal area ratio of regeneration to dehumidification between 0.7 and 1.0. Our results showed that it had a small effect on the system’s cooling capacity to install direct evaporative cooler at the inlet of regeneration process.
Keywords
Desiccant cooling system; Regeneration evaporative cooler; Direct evaporative cooler; Desiccant rotor;
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