The project is based on the skills of each partner working within four pools.

• Pool 1 provide a general expertise and a thermodynamic analysis of the processes

• Pool 2 must study the desiccant processes

• Pool 3 is devoted to absorption process

• Pool 4 focuses on thermo-chemical processes

The pool 1 is in charge of the comparison and the analysis of the three production processes studied by the pools 2, 3 and 4. Poles 2, 3 and 4 will aim to produce a various tools based on the results of the analysis of the pole on 1 and their own results.

2. Experimental facilities

A fundamental stage before the use of the simulation tools for new projects is their validation. This complex procedure includes many steps as an inter software comparison, an experimental validation to compare simulation results with experimental measurements and a parametric sensitivity analysis. The data generated by the experimental prototypes are an important asset to validate our tools. Two procedures are planned. We will first use experimental prototypes for the validation of the components models, of the systems and of the coupling between the system and the building and then we will study real installations for the validation of coupling between the system, the building and the users.