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Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioning System Modelling and Analysis

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This chapter provides a theoretical performance investigation of the liquid desiccant air conditioning technology that will be integrated alongside the SOFC in the tri-generation system.

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Elmer, T. (2017). Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioning System Modelling and Analysis. In: A Novel SOFC Tri-generation System for Building Applications. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46966-9_3

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