An investigation of heat and mass transfer between air and desiccant film in an inclined parallel and counter flow channels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1745-1760

  Ali, A ^a   Vafai, K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehumidification; Inclined counter flow; Inclined parallel flow; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

THERMAL DISPERSIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

COOLING; DEHUMIDIFICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INCLINATION; MASS TRANSFER; REGENERATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 1642439840     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. J.R. Howel, J.L. Peterson, Preliminary performance evaluation of a hybrid vapor compression/liquid desiccant air conditioning system, ASME, Anaheim, Ca, 1986, Paper 86-WA/Sol. 9
2. J.W. Studak, J.L. Perterson, A preliminary evaluation of alternative liquid desiccants for a hybrid desiccant air conditioner, in: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium on Improving Building Energy Efficiency in Hot and Humid Climates, Houston, TX, vol. 13-14, 1988, pp. 155-159
3. Sick F. Bushulte T.K. Klein S.A. Northey P. Duffie J.A. Analysis of the seasonal performance of hybrid desiccant cooling systems Solar Energy 40 3 1988 211-217
4. Lof G.O. House heating and cooling with solar energy Solar Energy Research 1955 University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
5. Chraibi A. Jaffrin A. Makhlouf S. Bentounes N. Dehumidifying Greenhouse air by direct cross-current contact with an organic desiccant liquid J. Phys. 5 7 1995 1055-1074
6. Al-Farayedhi A.A. Gandhidasan P. Al-Mutairi M.A. Evaluation of heat and mass transfer coefficient in a gauze-type structured packing air dehumidifier operating with liquid desiccant Int. J. Refrig. 25 3 2002 330-339
7. Ali A. Vafai K. Khaled A.-R.A. Comparative study between parallel and counter flow configurations between air and falling film desiccant with the presence of nanoparticles suspensions Int. J. Energy Res. 27 8 2003 725-745
8. Ali A. Vafai K. Khaled A.-R.A. Analysis of heat and mass transfer between air and falling film in a cross flow configuration Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 47 2004 743-755
9. Eastman J.A. Choi S.U. Yu W. Thompson L.J. Anomalously increased effective thermal conductivities of ethylene glycol-based nanofluids containing copper nanoparticles Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 6 2001 718-720
10. Choi S. Enhancing thermal conductivity of fluids with nanoparticles ASME FED 231 1995 100-103
11. Lee S. Choi U.S. Li S. Eastman J.A. Measuring thermal conductivity of fluids containing oxide nanoparticles J. Heat Transfer 121 2 1999 280-289
12. Xuan Y. Roetzel W. Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 43 19 2000 3701-3707
13. ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals SI ed. 1989 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning
14. A. Rahmah, Heat and mass transfer between air and a falling film of desiccant solution in a fin-tube arrangement. M.S. Thesis, Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1997
15. Xuan Y. Li Q. Heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 21 1 2000 58-64
16. Brinkman H.C. Viscosity of concentrated suspensions and solutions J. Chem. Phys. 20 1952 571-581
17. Hamilton R.L. Crosser O.K. Thermal conductivity of heterogeneous two-component system IEC Fund. 1 1962 182-191
18. Hunt M.L. Tien C.L. Effect of thermal dispersion on forced convection in fibrous media Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 31 2 1988 301-309
19. Amiri A. Vafai K. Analysis of dispersion effects and non-thermal equilibrium non-Darcian variable porosity incompressible flow through porous medium Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 37 6 1994 939-954
20. Dow Chemical Company Calcium Chloride Properties and Forms Handbook 1983 Dow Chemical Company Midland, Michigan
21. Eastman J.A. Choi U.S. Li S. Thompson L.J. Komarnenl S. Parker J.C. Wollenberger H.C. Nanocrystalline and Nanocomposite Materials II vol. 457 1997 3-11 Materials Research Society Pittsburgh, PA