INITIAL OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE DEVELOPED SOLAR THERMAL AND ELECTRIC DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEM

摘要

The system in this article was operated for electric heating and thermal storage, thermal storage and desiccant cooling, three days of controlled system operation, and a one-day actual outdoor air conditions operation. Results show that almost 9 h of electric heating is needed to store sufficient thermal energy and that same thermal stored energy is barely enough to support the desiccant cooling operation for only 7 h. It is also shown that excess thermal energy in the tank from the previous day's operation cannot support the early-hour desiccant cooling the following day.