Exergy analysis of a liquid-desiccant-based, hybrid air-conditioning system

C.s Khalid Ahmed, P Gandhidasan, S.m Zubair and A.a Al-Farayedhi

Energy, 1998, vol. 23, issue 1, 51-59

Abstract: We present the applicable exergy analysis and estimate irreversible losses that are generated during operation of a hybrid air-conditioning cycle with emphasis on a partly closed solar regenerator that is used to regenerate weak desiccant. The desiccant mass-flow rate has been chosen as the fundamental parameter for analysing the system. We find an optimum mass-flow rate for minimum irreversibility, i.e. maximum exergy. Large irreversibilities occur for high ambient vapor pressures, which tend to decrease the system exergy and overall performance of the regenerator.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(97)00040-6

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