 Performance of a proposed complete wetting surface counter flow channel type liquid desiccant air dehumidifierM. Salah Hassan and A.A.M. Hassan Renewable Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 10, 2107-2116 Abstract: An idea that improves the wettability over the surfaces of a cylindrical dehumidifier channel was proposed and experimentally proved. Fibrous sheets were attached to the inner surfaces of the channel. The capillary effect of fibers sustains the complete wetting of the heat and mass transfer surfaces. The air to be dehumidified and cooled flows upward in the annulus space between the two layers of fibrous sheets, which are saturated with the downward flowing desiccant solution. The permeability of the fibrous sheet was determined experimentally. It was 2.43×10−10m2. The measured solution flow rate due to the capillary suction of the sheets was Γin,min=1.12kg/h m. The liquid desiccant tested was H2O/CaCl2 with salt concentration ratios ranging from 35 to 40%. The measured distribution of the solution flow rate along the circumference of the sheets at the outlet showed 5% deviation from the average flow rate. This is a good indication for the good wettability of walls inside the dehumidifier. Keywords: Channel type dehumidifier; Complete wetting surface; Dehumidification effectiveness; Heat exchanger effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:10:p:2107-2116 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.011 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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