Experimental analysis of mass transfer in adiabatic structured packing dehumidifier/regenerator with liquid desiccant

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 2856-2863

  Zhang, Li ^a   Hihara, Eiji ^a   Matsuoka, Fumio ^a   Dang, Chaobin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehumidifier; Desiccant; Lithium chloride; Mass transfer coefficient; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION; AIR VELOCITIES; DESICCANT; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; LIQUID DESICCANT; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; OPERATING RANGES; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM; MASS TRANSFER; REGENERATORS;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 77949918870     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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