Lychnos, George, Amdouni, Ridha and Davies, Philip (2012). Concentrated seawater brines for use in solar-powered desiccant cooling cycles. RSC advances, 2 (21), pp. 7978-7982.
Abstract
We have directly measured properties of concentrated seawater brines produced through solar evaporation in salt works. They are sufficiently hygroscopic for use in desiccant cooling cycles which can cool air to 8.0–10.9 °C below ambient. This compares to only 3.8–8.7 °C with simple evaporative cooling. Desiccant cooling can extend the growing seasons of greenhouse crops thus providing an adaptive measure against climate change.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21414H |
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| Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Sustainable environment research group |
| Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 RSC Open Science free article. It may not be further made available or distributed. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chemical Engineering(all),Chemistry(all) |
| Publication ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2024 08:07 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2012 09:03 |
| Full Text Link: |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
| Published Date: | 2012-07-12 |
| Authors: |
Lychnos, George
Amdouni, Ridha Davies, Philip ( 
0000-0003-4783-1234)
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