Predictions of vapor pressures of aqueous desiccants for cooling applications by using artificial neural networks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Gandhidasan, P ^a   Mohandes, Mohamed A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcium chloride; Desiccants; Lithium bromide; Lithium chloride; Neural networks; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COOLING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIQUID DESICCANTS; LITHIUM BROMIDE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 35348858127     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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