Solar Powered Air Conditioner!
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a detailed, DIY-able design for desiccant-based cooling.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends 6f8986c3 · 2021-06 · on “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.
Recommends sp332 · 2023-10 · on “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]
Cites WaitWaitWha · 2022-07 · on “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]