Sustainable Hybrid Cooling and Dehumidification Strategies for Controlled Environments addresses the critical need for energy-efficient climate control solutions in storage, industry, and agriculture amid climate change and rising energy costs. Sections explore innovative hybrid systems, including evaporative cooling, radiative cooling, desiccant systems, and renewable energy integration to meet the demands of sustainable environmental management. The book's contents encompass thermally driven desiccant dehumidification, phase change materials, solar thermal collectors, AI and IoT-based control systems, and applications in agriculture. It combines theoretical foundations, experimental methods, case studies, and practical applications, offering a holistic view of current advancements and future trends.
Designed for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students, the book provides actionable insights to enhance energy efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and support the global energy transition. Its interdisciplinary approach and inclusion of techno-economic analyses make it an essential resource for developing sustainable climate-control solutions aligned with UN SDGs, particularly SDG 7, 9, 11, and 13.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction: Hybrid cooling and dehumidification for controlled environments - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Energy-efficient evaporative cooling techniques for greenhouse temperature and humidity control in Pakistan - p. 9 3. Chapter 3 Engineering insights into indirect evaporative cooling and mechanical vapor compression air-conditioning systems - p. 31 4. Chapter 4 CFD simulation study of a novel indirect evaporative cooler - p. 71 5. Chapter 5 Investigation of heat-driven desiccant air conditioning systems for greenhouse farming in Pakistan - p. 87 6. Chapter 6 Comparative thermal modeling of standalone desiccant and Maisotsenko-cycle assisted desiccant air conditioning systems for greenhouse climate control - p. 117 7. Chapter 7 Advanced indirect evaporative cooling and desiccant dehumidification systems for greenhouse farming in arid and semi-arid climates - p. 145 8. Chapter 8 Recent developments in membrane energy recovery ventilators for optimum channel geometry, operating parameters, and membrane materials - p. 169 9. Chapter 9 Investigating energy-efficient configurations of membrane energy recovery ventilators using CFD - p. 209 10. Chapter 10 Investigating membrane energy recovery ventilator-assisted evaporative cooling system in subtropical and tropical climates - p. 233 11. Chapter 11 Artificial neural network-based analysis of dehumidification performance of desiccant air-conditioning system - p. 257 12. Chapter 12 Application of solar chimney assisted passive cooling in postharvest storage - p. 281 13. Chapter 13 Sustainable greenhouse farming through integration of solar energy and desiccant dehumidification system using Design-Builder - p. 301 14. Chapter 14 Integration of solar thermal collectors with desiccant cooling systems for controlled environments - p. 323 15. Chapter 15 Future outlook and deployment pathways of hybrid cooling and dehumidification systems for controlled environments - p. 355 16. Index - p. 361
Sustainable Hybrid Cooling and Dehumidification Strategies for Controlled Environments addresses the critical need for energy-efficient climate control solutions in storage, industry, and agriculture amid climate change and rising energy costs. Sections explore innovative hybrid systems, including evaporative cooling, radiative cooling, desiccant systems, and renewable energy integration to meet the demands of sustainable environmental management. The book's contents encompass thermally driven desiccant dehumidification, phase change materials, solar thermal collectors, AI and IoT-based control systems, and applications in agriculture. It combines theoretical foundations, experimental methods, case studies, and practical applications, offering a holistic view of current advancements and future trends.
Designed for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students, the book provides actionable insights to enhance energy efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and support the global energy transition. Its interdisciplinary approach and inclusion of techno-economic analyses make it an essential resource for developing sustainable climate-control solutions aligned with UN SDGs, particularly SDG 7, 9, 11, and 13.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction: Hybrid cooling and dehumidification for controlled environments - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Energy-efficient evaporative cooling techniques for greenhouse temperature and humidity control in Pakistan - p. 9 3. Chapter 3 Engineering insights into indirect evaporative cooling and mechanical vapor compression air-conditioning systems - p. 31 4. Chapter 4 CFD simulation study of a novel indirect evaporative cooler - p. 71 5. Chapter 5 Investigation of heat-driven desiccant air conditioning systems for greenhouse farming in Pakistan - p. 87 6. Chapter 6 Comparative thermal modeling of standalone desiccant and Maisotsenko-cycle assisted desiccant air conditioning systems for greenhouse climate control - p. 117 7. Chapter 7 Advanced indirect evaporative cooling and desiccant dehumidification systems for greenhouse farming in arid and semi-arid climates - p. 145 8. Chapter 8 Recent developments in membrane energy recovery ventilators for optimum channel geometry, operating parameters, and membrane materials - p. 169 9. Chapter 9 Investigating energy-efficient configurations of membrane energy recovery ventilators using CFD - p. 209 10. Chapter 10 Investigating membrane energy recovery ventilator-assisted evaporative cooling system in subtropical and tropical climates - p. 233 11. Chapter 11 Artificial neural network-based analysis of dehumidification performance of desiccant air-conditioning system - p. 257 12. Chapter 12 Application of solar chimney assisted passive cooling in postharvest storage - p. 281 13. Chapter 13 Sustainable greenhouse farming through integration of solar energy and desiccant dehumidification system using Design-Builder - p. 301 14. Chapter 14 Integration of solar thermal collectors with desiccant cooling systems for controlled environments - p. 323 15. Chapter 15 Future outlook and deployment pathways of hybrid cooling and dehumidification systems for controlled environments - p. 355 16. Index - p. 361
