Forum: Solar Power
03-18-21, 01:08 PM
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I don't know why I didn't check on this thread...
I don't know why I didn't check on this thread over the years. I actually tried out a couple of experimental rigs using this principle, and they both worked.
The first setup was built in one day...
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Forum: Solar Power
05-24-14, 09:19 PM
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Forum: Solar Power
05-24-14, 04:40 PM
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Forum: Solar Power
11-20-13, 02:19 PM
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The above example is a plug-and-play, off-the...
The above example is a plug-and-play, off-the shelf example of a dessicant-wheel-powered dehumidifier. From the specs, it is said that the heater used to regenerate the wheel uses 200W, 400W, 600W on...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-17-13, 04:57 PM
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AC,
The petroleum industry actually uses...
AC,
The petroleum industry actually uses CaCl2 to dry their wet streams of gas, most probably because it is much cheaper and abundant than zeolite. It would be dead simple to rig up an inexpensive...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-17-13, 04:10 PM
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Forum: Solar Power
11-17-13, 11:22 AM
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Check out these two charts:
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Check out these two charts:
http://www.magnumsolvent.com/productdata/Product%20Literature/Dehydration%20and%20Acid%20Gas%20Removal/Peladow%20DG%20Calcium%20Chloride.pdf
As AC has described,...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-16-13, 02:16 PM
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Forum: Solar Power
11-15-13, 09:07 PM
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it seems with CaCl2, the magic number is 43%....
it seems with CaCl2, the magic number is 43%. Above 43% CaCl2, below 57% H2O, crystals appear in the solution. Above 57% H2O, the salt is fully dissolved. At room temperature.
Calcium chloride has...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-15-13, 09:01 PM
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This story just keeps getting more interesting...
This story just keeps getting more interesting the deeper I look. It seems that AIL Research and the DOE/NREL/ORNL did a few proof of concept studies over the last couple of years.
First, AILR...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-15-13, 06:28 PM
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A good video describing operation: ...
A good video describing operation:
http://www.advantixsystems.com/video1.php
And here it is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNvxkXyKwGw
Another image I could just not resist to...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-15-13, 05:48 PM
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MN,
Just imagine something being left in the...
MN,
Just imagine something being left in the desert for a few weeks. Woodwork shrinks and warps. Plants drop their flowers or leaves. People develop dry skin and sinus infections.
When the indoor...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-15-13, 01:04 PM
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kind of...
The incoming dry air stream will tend to evaporate the water out of the room: furniture, walls, plants, people, everything with moisture content. This will tend to cool the objects within the room...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-13-13, 06:41 PM
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Here is a regenerator that is said to have a...
Here is a regenerator that is said to have a thermal COP of 1.0 or better when used with gas:
http://ailr.com/our-technology/two-stage-regenerator/
The cool thing about this one is that it...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-13-13, 01:17 PM
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AC,
I have been pondering this idea and...
AC,
I have been pondering this idea and following this thread for awhile. Both solid (silica gel cartridge) and liquid (brine solution) systems have been used in commercial applications since the...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-12-13, 11:45 PM
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I found another decent website:
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I found another decent website:
Scavenging-Air Regen (http://www.ailr.com/scavenging_air_regenerator.htm)
Follow the links scattered on the page for all the info.
A retail, residential,...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-12-13, 07:32 PM
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Forum: Solar Power
11-08-13, 01:04 PM
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Peacmar,
Here's an idea for you. Since you...
Peacmar,
Here's an idea for you. Since you have a high-grade heat source, you could run a regenerator basically for free. Just run the dehumidifier as a traditional evap-pad cooler, which would...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-08-13, 06:51 AM
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Peacmar,
It really depends on your...
Peacmar,
It really depends on your dehumidification needs and available resources. It should be fairly simple to run a liquid loop like the university did. Rig up a swamp cooler indoors and fill...
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Forum: Solar Power
11-07-13, 10:37 AM
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