Desiccant Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems [Paperback]

This book presents the necessary fundamental knowledge in the research, development, design, selection, and application of desiccant heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. It covers the established installations in different climatic conditions and building types. In addition, advanced performance evaluation techniques are presented, covering thermodynamic, economic, and environmental aspects. Hence, the book is an important resource for undergraduate and graduate students, design and installation engineers, researchers and scientists, building owners and occupants, and energy and environmental policy makers.

Napoleon Enteria is a research specialist of the Building Research Institute, Japan; a visiting researcher at Tohoku University, Japan; and a founder and managing consultant of the Enteria Gr?n Energietechnik, Philippines. He was a scientist at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore of the National University of Singapore and a global center of excellence researcher at the Wind Engineering Research Center of the Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan. His research activities in renewable energy systems, HVAC systems, and building sciences produced several international scientific and engineering papers in books, review journals, research journals, and conference proceedings. He has submitted and presented dozens of technical reports for collaborative projects with research institutes, universities, and companies in several countries and is regularly invited as reviewer for international journals in the field of energy systems, air-handling systems, and building performances. On occasion, he receives invitations to review research funding applications and gives technical and scientific comments on international scientific and engineering activities. He is a Member of the American Societl£*