Effectiveness of energy wheels from transient measurements: Part II - Results and verification

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Abe, O O ^a   Simonson, C J ^a   Besant, R W ^a   Shang, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Energy wheel; Humidity; Temperature; Time constant; Transient

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSIENTS;

ENERGY WHEEL; TIME CONSTANT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; TRANSIENTS;

EID: 32144442581     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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