Research progress in liquid desiccant air-conditioning devices and systems

Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Liu, Xiaohua ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Liu, Shuanqiang ^a   Chen, Xiaoyang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Heat and mass transfer; Liquid desiccant; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249164123     PISSN: 16737393     EISSN: 16737504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11708-009-0082-1     Document Type: Article

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