Improvement of Air Conditioning Technologies towards Energy Efficiency
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable cooling; desiccant dehumidification; low-temperature desalination
Interests: advanced air cooling technologies; green air-conditioning systems; building energy analysis; thermal processes and technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
The annual electricity consumption for air conditioning (AC) in commercial, industrial, and residential sectors has reached 35 to 50% of the total electricity production. By the end of the 21st century, the electricity consumption by AC will reach a whopping 53,000 TWh/yr, emitting as much as about 35 GTon/year of CO2 to the ambient by power plants. Therefore, it is of great importance to develop sustainable AC technologies that improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. This Research Topic aims to embrace various research aspects of sustainable air conditioning technologies, including but not limited to evaporative cooling, absorption/adsorption cooling, desiccant dehumidification, membrane dehumidification, environmentally friendly refrigerants, and renewable energy utilization in air conditioning.
We invite researchers to share their unique experience and views and discuss research solutions, limitations, and conclusions relevant to sustainable air conditioning. We hope that the proposed collection of articles will address advances in air conditioning technologies and lead to the development of more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly systems.
Dr. Qian Chen
Dr. Xin Cui
Dr. Omar Abdelaziz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- evaporative cooling
- absorption/adsorption cooling
- desiccant dehumidification
- membrane dehumidification
- environmentally friendly refrigerants
- renewable energy utilization in air conditioning
