A characteristic study of liquid desiccant dehumidification/regeneration processes

Solar Energy

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-494

  Chengqin, Ren ^a,b   Yi, Jiang ^b   Guangfa, Tang ^a   Yianpin, Zhang ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotic characteristic; Characteristic process curves; Coupled heat and mass transfer; Dehumidification regeneration; Quasi equilibrium processes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; ONE DIMENSIONAL; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ASYMPTOTIC CHARACTERISTICS; CHARACTERISTIC PROCESS CURVES; COUPLED HEAT/MASS TRANSFER; DEHUMIDIFICATION/REGENERATION; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 27144451168     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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