Design of flat-plate dehumidifiers for humidification-dehumidification desalination systems

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 543-561

  Sievers, Martin ^a,b   Lienhard, John H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN SOFTWARES; DRIVING FORCES; FLAT PLATE; FLAT-PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDITY RATIO; LEWIS NUMBERS; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; OPERATING POINTS; PURE POLYMERS;

AIR CONDITIONING; DESALINATION; DESIGN; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLYMERS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 84872083978     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2013.730355     Document Type: Article

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