The energy-saving characteristic of silica gel regeneration with high-intensity ultrasound

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2146-2156

  Zhang, Weijiang ^a   Yao, Ye ^a   He, Beixing ^b   Wang, Rongshun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Drying; Energy saving; Regeneration; Silica gel; Specific energy consumption; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CURING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DRYING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

ACOUSTIC POWER; ANOVA (ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE); DRYING AIR; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING TEMPERATURE; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY-SAVING EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MINIMUM ENERGY; MOISTURE RATIOS; POWER LEVELS; POWER ULTRASONIC; POWER ULTRASOUND; REGENERATION; REGENERATION PROCESS; SCALE-UP; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ULTRASONIC POWER; ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; MOISTURE CONTENT; SILICA; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79951517122     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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