Acronyms
$COP$	Coefficient of performance
$AC$	Air cooler
$AH$	Air heater
$AF$	Adsorption circuit fan
$DF$	Desorption circuit fan
$RHX$	Regenerative heat exchanger
$DEC$	Direct evaporative cooler
Greek symbols
$\eta$	Efficiency
$\nu$	Dynamic viscosity	${\mathrm{Pas}}^{-1}$
$\rho$	Density	${\mathrm{kgm}}^{-3}$
Symbols
A	Heat exchange surface	${\mathrm{m}}^2$
c	Specific heat	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$
d	Channel dimension of the RHX	m
$ex$	Specific exergy	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}$
${\dot{ex}}_{dest}$	Specific exergy destruction	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}$
E	Parameter of the heat exchanger	-
$\dot{Ex}$	Flow of exergy	W
${\dot{Ex}}_{dest}$	Exergy destruction	W
F	Correction factor	-
h	Specific enthalpy	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}$
$H_{ev}$	Heat of evaporation	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}$
k	Overall heat transfer coefficient	${\mathrm{Wm}}^{-2}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$
l	Channel dimension of the RHX	m
$\dot{m}$	Mass flow	${\mathrm{kgs}}^{-1}$
$NTU$	Number of heat transfer units	-
p	pressure	Pa
P	Temperature ratio	-
Q	Heat flow	W
R	Individual gas constant	${\mathrm{Jmol}}^{-1}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$
$R_c$	Heat capacity ratio	-
s	Specific entropy	${\mathrm{Jkg}}^{-1}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$
T	Temperature	K
U	Velocity	${\mathrm{ms}}^{-1}$
w	Channel dimension of the air heater/cooler	m
X	Specific humidity ratio	${\mathrm{kgkg}}^{-1}$
$\overline{X}$	Specific humidity ratio on a molar basis	${\mathrm{molmol}}^{-1}$
Subscripts
0	Dead state
a	Air
$Carnot$	The Carnot cycle
$dest$	Destruction
$ex$	Exergy
H	Heat source
$in$	Inlet
L	Cooling effect
M	Heat sink
v	Vapor
w	Water