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The smart sign is essentially a stationary robot driven by artificial intelligence that can provide real-time, up-to-date directional information to help you get to where you want to be.
The smart sign is essentially a stationary robot driven by artificial intelligence that can provide real-time, up-to-date directional information to help you get to where you want to be.
Abstract With independent temperature and humidity control, desiccant air-conditioning (DAC) systems have multi-aspect advantages (e.g., high-efficiency moisture control, no ozone-depleting coolants use and easy renewable integration etc.) compared with conventional vapor-compression cooling systems, thereby attracting increasingly more research attention. Recently, many studies have been conducted to improve DAC system overall performance by integrating various energy sub-systems/technologies, improving system configurations and optimizing system designs and controls. This study, therefore, ...
Abstract A new simulation-based strategy for optimal design of a renewable cooling and heating system that includes a desiccant wheel, a photovoltaic/thermal-solar air collector (PV/T-SAC) and a thermal storage unit using phase change material (PCM) is presented in this study. The strategy is formulated by integrating an integer-based genetic algorithm (IGA) with the response surface method (RSM), in order to tackle the system nonlinearity with manageable computational costs. The PV/T-SAC is used to provide thermal energy for desiccant wheel regeneration and space heating in cooling and heati...