Feasability Study of Evaporative Cooling Under Algerian Climate

Reducing the energy demand for air conditioning applications is an important goal to achieve for energy saving purposes. It is, therefore, necessary to develop alternative techniques to adapt and improve the existing refrigeration equipments. So, applying new technologies, using clean and environmentally friendly materials, appears unavoidable. Furthermore, the use of the solar panels’ generated heat constitutes an interesting option to adapt to the new generation of air conditioning processes, for the cold in demand usually coincides with the most warm and sunny period. In this regard, the ‘liquid desiccant cooling’ (LDC) stands as an innovative technology allowing atmosphere refreshment through changes in the state of water, the exploitation of solar energy and the use of liquid desiccant solutions, highly characterized with the specific distinction of dehumidifying the air. Indeed, the LDAC systems’ cooling capacity proves to increase with the integration of evaporative coolers, culminating in the design of a rather commercially competitive HVAC product.