| Title |
Prediction of Latent Heat Load Reduction Effect of the Dehumidifying Air-Conditioning System with Membrane |
| Authors |
Yong-Ho Jung ; Seong-Ryong Park |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.6110/KJACR.2017.29.1.015 |
| Keywords |
분리막 ; 제습 공조 ; 에너지 절감 ; 에너지 시뮬레이션 ; 잠열부하 Membrane ; Dehumidifying air-conditioner ; Energy saving ; Energy simulation ; Latent load |
| Abstract |
The summer climate is very hot and humid in Korea. The humidity is an important factor in determining thermal comfort. Recently, the research for dehumidification device development has been attempted to save energy that is required for the operation of the current dehumidifiers on the market. Existing dehumidification systems have disadvantages such as wasting energy to drive a compressor. Meanwhile, dehumidification systems with membranes can dehumidify humid air without increasing the dry bulb temperature so it doesn’t have to consume cooling energy. In this paper, the cooling energy savings was studied when a dehumidification system was applied in a model building instead of a chiller. The sensible heat load was almost the same result, but the latent heat load was decreased by 38.9% and the total heat load was decreased by 8.5%. As a result, electric energy used to drive the compressor in a chiller was saved by applying a membrane air- conditioning system instead. |