Correlations for film regeneration and air dehumidification for a falling desiccant film with air in cross flow

Conference · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:116257

Park, M S; Howell, J R; Vliet, G C ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

The coupled heat and mass transfer between a falling triethylene glycol (TEG) desiccant film and air in cross flow have previously been presented and solved numerically for the cases of regeneration and dehumidification. Here, correlations for the effects of independent variables on the rate of regeneration in the regenerator and on the rate of dehumidification and sensible cooling in the absorber are developed by statistical analysis of the numerical results. The functional correlations developed should be useful in the design of regenerators and absorbers having falling liquid desiccant films and air in cross flow.

• OSTI ID: 116257
• Report Number(s): CONF-950336--; ISBN 0-7918-1300-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
DESIGN
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HEAT TRANSFER
HYBRID SYSTEMS
REGENERATORS