Effect of desiccant isotherm on the performance of desiccant wheel

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-726

  Chung, Jae Dong ^a   Lee, Dae Young ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Desiccant wheel; Mass transfer; Modelling; Optimization; Simulation; Variable speed

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; DESICCANT COOLING SYSTEMS; DESICCANT WHEEL; DESICCANT WHEELS; MODELLING; MOISTURE REMOVAL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM DESIGN PARAMETERS; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; REGENERATION TEMPERATURE; ROTATION SPEED; SIMULATION; VARIABLE SPEED;

AIR CONDITIONING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; WHEELS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 67349282736     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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