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Solar Powered Air Conditioner!
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Tech Ingredients builds a larger solar-powered desiccant air conditioner that uses a calcium chloride liquid desiccant with evaporative cooling to cool their lab. The video includes the engineering calculations.
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HN points to it as a detailed, DIY-able design for desiccant-based cooling.
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From the Hacker News discussion
TechIngredients did an interesting design for a swamp cooler using liquid desiccants: [VIDEO] Haven't yet built one myself, but it looks like a sensible design for climates that aren't overly humid.
Read original comment ↗Tech Ingredients on YouTube built a dessicant-based air conditioning system with enough info to DIY one. [LINK] and a full-scale test [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗An evaporative cooling solution by "Tech Ingredients" seems to be more efficient (correct me if I am wrong) [0] [VIDEO]
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