A desiccant dehumidifier is another name for a desiccant cooling system and may be more apt when adding solar energy to the equation. Most desiccant dehumidifiers use solid desiccants, over which warm, moist air is passed. The desiccants absorb the heat and moisture from the air, effectively cooling that air which is sent into the home to handle cooling loads.
Solar thermal energy, usually harnessed by way of solar collectors on the rooftop, is then used to dry out, or regenerate, the desiccants before the process repeats. Photovoltaic solar panels can be used as well to power fans to move the air (or pumps to move a solution in a liquid desiccant system).
It is called a dehumidifier because the system uses desiccants to dehumidify ambient air, with solar power thrown in to re-humidify it in an endless cycle.
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