Quick performance prediction of liquid desiccant regeneration in a packed bed

Solar Energy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Gandhidasan, P ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

ENERGY SOURCES; LIQUID DESICCANT REGENERATION; LOW-GRADE ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

PACKED BED;

EID: 20444466571     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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