Study of a new modified cross-cooled compact solid desiccant dehumidifier

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2257-2266

  Weixing, Yuan ^a   Yi, Zheng ^a   Xiaoru, Liu ^a   Xiugan, Yuan ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compact dehumidifier; Cross cooled; Performance; Solid desiccant

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GELATION; GELS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATE METAL; POWDERS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

COMPACT DEHUMIDIFIER; CROSS-COOLED; PERFORMANCE; SOLID DESICCANT;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 50549099375     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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