[Greenbuilding] Dessicants - was Central vs window AC

[Jason Holstine]

The univ of maryland solar decathlon house has done dessicants with water wall features. The maybe kind of might have info to share. 

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On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:55 AM, "Ron Cascio" <roncascio at verizon.net> wrote:

> No experience with this myself, but I've always thought this an interesting way to deal with human comfort in hot/humid climates. I've seen commercial dessicant wheels, but not ones made for residential purposes. The key (enviro wise) is how you dewater the wheel. Waste heat would  seem a likely source.
>  
> Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
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> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:46 PM
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Dessicants - was Central vs window AC
> 
> Has anyone experimented with the powder desiccants on rotation?
> Say have two trays and when one is in the house getting wet the other is outside on a south wall protected from the rain drying out.
> Would you need too much of it to make it effective, and thus render it impractical?
> 
> 
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
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> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
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