Modeling of a flat plate membrane-distillation system for liquid desiccant regeneration in air-conditioning applications

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 3650-3660

  Rattner, Alexander S ^a   Nagavarapu, Ananda Krishna ^a   Garimella, Srinivas ^a   Fuller, Thomas F ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccant air conditioning; Liquid desiccants; Membrane distillation; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; AIR-GAPS; DESICCANT AIR CONDITIONING; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; FLAT PLATE; LIQUID DESICCANT; LIQUID DESICCANT REGENERATION; LIQUID DESICCANTS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; OPERATING CONDITION; RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SOLUTION FLOW RATE; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; THERMALLY DRIVEN; WASTE HEAT RECOVERY;

AIR CONDITIONING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HUMIDITY CONTROL; INLET FLOW; LITHIUM; REGENERATORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79956222661     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.02.064     Document Type: Article

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