Study on the performance of silica gel dehumidification system with ultrasonic-assisted regeneration

Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 799-809

  Yao, Ye ^a,b   Yang, Kun ^a   Liu, Shiqing ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Southeast University   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dehumidification system; Regeneration; Regeneration time; Silica gel; Ultrasonic assisted

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; REGENERATION; REGENERATION TEMPERATURE; REGENERATION TIME; ULTRASONIC-ASSISTED; ULTRASONIC RADIATION;

SILICA GEL; HUMIDITY CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REGENERATION; SILICA; SIMULATION; ULTRASONICS; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MOISTURE;

EID: 84896404105     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.061     Document Type: Article

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