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    Solar Powered Air Conditioner!

    Tech Ingredients

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2021–2023

    YouTube

    29:57 · 2.2M views · Sep 20, 2019

    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.

    HN points to it as a detailed, DIY-able design for desiccant-based cooling.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @6f8986c3Jun 2021· in “Will Work for Air-Conditioning”

      TechIngredients did an interesting design for a swamp cooler using liquid desiccants: this video Haven't yet built one myself, but it looks like a sensible design for climates that aren't overly humid.

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @sp332Oct 2023· in “New AC technology uses 60% less energy”

      Tech Ingredients on YouTube built a dessicant-based air conditioning system with enough info to DIY one. [LINK] and a full-scale test this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @WaitWaitWhaJul 2022· in “Efficient dehumidifier makes air conditioning a breeze (2014)”

      An evaporative cooling solution by "Tech Ingredients" seems to be more efficient (correct me if I am wrong) [0] this video

      CitesView on HN