I ended my previous post discussing two different approaches that combine an M-Cycle(-ish) style chiller with a liquid desiccant dehumidification system. One thing I failed to mention regarding the "bootstrap" approach, where the input air to the M-Cycle-Like (hereinafter called the MCL???) is dehumidified using LD, is that, if it works, it should output water that is chilled below the ambient-air dewpoint. Simply because the water content of the input air is lower. It remains to be seen if the end result justifies the added complexity of such a system.
The extra-cold water coming out of such a chiller might extract water from interior air to help dehumidify it -- but only if the inside heat exchanger is allowed to cool below the dewpoint. Since we're running warm interior air through the HX I wouldn't count on it but, since up to this posting I haven't done anything other than make and characterize a plain-vanilla "swamp cooler" style chiller, who knows for sure. I don't.
I sort of want it to get cold enough, but don't at the same time, because if it DOES get cold enough to condense water I will need to add a way to take care of the water, rather than let it drip on our expensive wood floors!
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