[Greenbuilding] Dessicants - was Central vs window AC

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

I just bought a 600 GPH pump that uses 35W so a 1-2 GPM (60-120 GPH) pump
uses 3.5-7W if it is as efficient as my very efficient pump? I guess you
have to balance that impact with the effect.
Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Philip Proefrock <architect at cornellbox.com
> wrote:

> This sounded intriguing to me, so I took a look at the cut sheet Prof.
> Straube shared.  That shows a requirement of 1-2 GPM (not just 1 gallon
> per hour), which is a big difference.  I assume this water is being
> recirculated in some fashion (and this is just a flow rate needed), and
> not just getting dumped, but it's much less compelling than it seemed at
> first.
>
> Regards,
>
> Philip Proefrock
>
> On 6/11/2012 3:00 PM, John Straube wrote:
> > Attached is a cut sheet for the only wheel based system we could find
> when we looked 2 years ago.
> > it uses hotwater to regen the dessicant.  Takes about 1 gallon per hour
> at 120F to remove 60 pints per day (a tight house with ERV will generally
> need less than half this amount of dehumid.
> > This would require a pretty decent solar hotwater system to drive it.
>
>
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