Heat and mass transfer in packed bed liquid desiccant regenerators—an experimental investigation

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-170

  Martin, V ^a   Goswami, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER;

LIQUID DESICCANT; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 0032678967     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888428     Document Type: Article

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