Comparative study on internally heated and adiabatic regenerators in liquid desiccant air conditioning system

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1799-1807

  Yin, Yonggao ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Internally heated regenerator; Liquid desiccant; Regeneration rate

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID DESICCANT; LIQUID DESICCANT AIR-CONDITIONING; LIQUID DESICCANT REGENERATION; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY; REGENERATION PERFORMANCE; REGENERATION RATE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; REGENERATORS;

LIQUIDS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 77950858462     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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