An Overview of Adsorbents in the Rotary Desiccant Dehumidifier for Air Dehumidification

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1334-1345

  Wang, Weilong ^a   Wu, Luoming ^b   Li, Zhong ^b   Fang, Yutang ^b   Ding, Jing ^a   Xiao, Jing ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Adsorption; Air dehumidification; Rotary desiccant dehumidifier

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION; DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFIER; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS); RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SILICA MATERIAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS);

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 84883335816     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.792094     Document Type: Review

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