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Desiccant-evaporative cooling system for residential buildings

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Conference12th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology: 06 May 2009, Montréal, Québec
Subjectdesiccant; cooling; ventilation; energy; moisture; simulation; residential buildings; Energy efficiency; Walls; Windows
Abstract
This paper describes a prototype desiccant evaporative cooling system (DEC) and presents its performance in term of indoor humidity control and energy efficiency. Experimental and simulation results show that the desiccant evaporative cooling system can achieve better humidity control and acceptable comfort conditions. The simulation results show that the desiccant cooling system is especially well suited for areas of the country with a high latent load. However the study identified a series of improvement measures to undertake in order to improve the energy efficiency of the unit.
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  • 12th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology [Proceedings].
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 50838
NRC-IRC-19924
NPARC number20377342
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