Investigating the impact of flow rate and moisture content for different concentration of liquid desiccant solution
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https://doi.org/10.31185/ejuow.Vol11.Iss1.346Keywords:
Desiccant column, dehumidification, regeneration process, calcium chloride solution.Abstract
The desiccant air conditioning system consists of two processes, namely cooling and dehumidification, in which the air temperature and humidity are controlled in order to provide comfortable thermal conditions. A typical system includes a dehumidifier, indirect evaporative cooler, and regenerator. The desiccant is selected depending on its ability to absorb water vapor present in the air. In this study, calcium chloride solution was used as a desiccant for the desiccant solution regeneration process, and a flat plate solar collector was employed. Different variables, such as the primary air flow rate, desiccant flow rate, and the concentration of the desiccant solution, were changed during the experiments. The impact of these variables on the performance parameters of the desiccant system such as moisture removal rate, moisture efficiency, enthalpy efficiency, sensible heat ratio, and the mass transfer coefficient was studied. The obtained results revealed that as the solution concentration and the flow rate of primary air increase, the moisture removal rate, sensible heat ratio, and mass transfer coefficient increase. A particular value of inlet primary air flow rate (0.18Kg/s), an increase in the inlet concentration of calcium chloride solution from 0.85 to 0.95 leads to a rise in moisture removal rate, sensible heat ratio, and mass transfer coefficient of (1.1 _1.65) g/s, (0.18-0.25), and (0.01075-0.0123) m/s respectively. While at a certain inlet concentration of a desiccant solution (0.95), increasing the inlet primary air flow rate from 0.1Kg/s to 0.18Kg/s leads to an increase in the moisture removal rate, sensible heat ratio, and mass transfer coefficient o (0.94-1.26) g/s, (0.24-0.26), and(0.0038 -0.011) m/s respectively.
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