Implementation and validation of an artificial neural network for predicting the performance of a liquid desiccant dehumidifier

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-250

  Mohammad, Abdulrahman Th ^a,b   Mat, Sohif Bin ^a   Sulaiman, M Y ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Al Abidi, Abduljalil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION   (Iraq)

Author keywords

ANN; Condensation rate; Dehumidifier; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANN; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; BEST MODEL; CONDENSATION RATES; DATA SAMPLE; DEHUMIDIFIER; EFFECTIVENESS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FEED-FORWARD BACK PROPAGATION; HIDDEN LAYERS; LIQUID DESICCANT; MATLAB CODE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PACKED COLUMN; PACKING MATERIALS; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL; WATER CONDENSATION;

BACKPROPAGATION; CONDENSATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FORECASTING; GLYCOLS; LIQUIDS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 84872088155     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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