An analytical solution for heat mass transfer in a hollow fiber membrane based air-to-air heat mass exchanger

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Zhang, Li Zhi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air to air heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Hollow fiber membranes; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPONENT DESIGN; CONTACT AREAS; DIFFERENTIAL GOVERNING EQUATIONS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER; HEAT-MASS TRANSFER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HOLLOW FIBER MODULE; LATENT HEAT EXCHANGES; MASS EXCHANGERS; MODULE PERFORMANCE; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; OPERATING CONDITION; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS;

FIBERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; MOISTURE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77954214390     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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