Experimental Study on Regenerator Performance of a Solar Hybrid Liquid Desiccant Air-Conditioning System

摘要

This chapter presents an experimental study on the performance of the liquid desiccant regenerator of a hybrid solar air-conditioning system. Lithium chloride (LiCl) solution is used as the working desiccant material. The effects of air temperature, air humidity ratio, and solution temperature on the performance of the regenerator are disused. The experimental results showed that the moisture removal rate (MRR) and effectiveness of the regenerator increase slowly as a function of the air inlet temperature. It was found that the MRR and effectiveness increased about 0.79 and 1.1%, respectively. The moisture removal rate decreased with increasing air inlet humidity ratio and increased with desiccant inlet temperature.