Experimental investigation on adsorption and electro-osmosis regeneration of macroporous silica gel desiccant

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 1010-1017

  Zhang, Guiying ^a,b   Tian, Changqing ^a   Shao, Shuangquan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electro osmosis; Macroporous silica gel; Moisture content; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ELECTROOSMOSIS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; MACROPOROUS SILICA; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; POTENTIAL METHODS; REGENERATION; REGENERATION PERFORMANCE;

ELECTROLYSIS;

ADSORPTION; DESICCATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; MACROPORE; MOISTURE CONTENT; OSMOSIS; SILICA;

EID: 84909582636     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.087     Document Type: Article

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