Handling zone dividing method in packed bed liquid desiccant dehumidification/regeneration process

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3024-3034

  Liu, X H ^a   Jiang, Y ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Flow pattern; Heat and mass transfer; Liquid desiccant; Zone dividing

Indexed keywords

DEHUMIDIFICATION/REGENERATION; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; INLET AIR; KEY PROCESS; LIQUID DESICCANT; LIQUID DESICCANT AIR-CONDITIONING; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITION; PSYCHROMETRIC CHARTS; REGION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; TWO-FLUID; ZONAL METHOD; ZONE DIVIDING;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; REGENERATORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 70349437199     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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