Solar-desiccant air-conditioning systems - Solar Energy Sciences and Engineering Applications - page 535

TC2
14 Blower

Supply
Air

TC1
Blower

Exhaust
Air

From Solution
Storage Tank

16

13

Absorber

Air/Air H.X.

Ambient Air

15

Desorber

C.M1. Ambient

Air

11 12

Drain

Solution Pump
Water/Solution H.X.

Drain

10 9

7 8

Solution Pump
Water/Solution H.X

Splitter

6

5

4 3

to Cooling
Tower

Cold-Water
Pump

1

2

SV

Hot-Water
Pump
Hot Water
From Storage
Tank

Cold Water
From Cooling
Tower

to Storage
Tank

to
Solution
Storage
Tank

to Absorber
to Solution Storage Tank

C.M2.

Figure 16.5.9 Schematic description of the open-cycle liquid desiccant air-conditioning system: the
solid thick lines indicate air flow; the solid thin lines indicate solution flow; the dotted
thin lines indicate water flow (Gommed and Grossman, 2007).

Cooling Tower

Dehumidifier

Solar C/Rs

Figure 16.5.10 The solar-regenerated open-cycle liquid desiccant air-conditioning system installed at
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) (Katejanekarn et al., 2009).