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Further Investigation Of Energy And Performance Impacts Of Whole-House Dehumidifier Duct Configurations, Florida Solar Energy Center, Charles Withers, Jr. Jun 2019

Further Investigation Of Energy And Performance Impacts Of Whole-House Dehumidifier Duct Configurations, Florida Solar Energy Center, Charles Withers, Jr.

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This research project evaluated the energy impacts and dehumidification performance related to how ducted dehumidifiers (DHU) ducts were configured. Lab controlled testing over a variety of weather and latent loads evaluated five-different ducted DHU configurations as follows: Test 1 DHU air ducted from/to the central main body of building. Test 2 DHU air ducted from/to return side of central air conditioner (AC). Test 3 DHU air ducted from/to supply side of AC. Test 4 DHU air ducted from central main body and ducted to supply side of AC. Test 5 DHU air ducted from outdoors and indoors mixed before DHU …