Superheated Steam Regeneration of a Desiccant Wheel—Experimental Results and Comparison with Air Regeneration

Drying Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 471-478

  Goldsworthy, M J ^a   Alessandrini, S ^b   White, S D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desiccant wheel; Steam drying; Superheated steam; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WHEELS; ZEOLITES;

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; COMMERCIAL ZEOLITE; DESICCANT WHEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR; REGENERATION PROCESS; STEAM DRYING; SUPERHEATED STEAM; SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYING;

STEAM;

EID: 84922325011     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2014.956118     Document Type: Article

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