Advanced thin zeolite/metal flat sheet membrane for energy efficient air dehumidification and conditioning

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 596-609

  Xing, Rong ^a   Rao, Yuxiang ^a   TeGrotenhuis, Ward ^a   Canfield, Nathan ^a   Zheng, Feng ^a   Winiarski, David W ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Dehumidification; Energy efficiency; Gas drying; Metal sheet; Zeolite membrane

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SEPARATION; SHEET METAL; VAPORS;

DEHUMIDIFICATION; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; GAS DRYING; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; VAPOR COMPRESSION COOLING; VAPOR-COMPRESSION SYSTEMS; WARM AND HUMID CLIMATES; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84886926960     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.08.061     Document Type: Article

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