A Review on Performance Anyalysis of Different Desiccant Materials for a Desiccant Cooling System
Keywords:
desiccant material, Silica gel, Composite desiccants, Mesoporous silicate, Aero gelAbstract
Performance of desiccant plays a crucial role in overall performance of the whole system, especially in terms of dehumidification
and regeneration capacity. This review summarizes recent researches and developments on novel solid desiccant materials that
can be adopted in SDC systems. This paper presents includes behavior of mono materials silica gel, zeolite and polymer and the
composite materials which are based on silica gel, based on Mesoporous silicate, based on Aero gels at different regeneration
temperature and RH. It also includes the comparison of the performance of silica gel and composite desiccant material at
different ambient temperature. The results demonstrated that the composite adsorbents can be a good candidate for low
temperature heat-driven adsorption cooling and dehumidification systems.


