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Study on the Performance Characteristics with the Height of a Regenerator and Dehumidifier for Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification System (액체식 제습시스템을 위한 재생기와 제습기의 높이에 따른 성능특성에 관한 연구)

  • 이수동;박문수;정진은;최영석
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.630-638
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    • 2004
  • Liquid desiccant dehumidification systems have the ability to provide efficient humidity and temperature control while saving the electrical energy requirement for air conditioning as compared to a conventional system. The dehumidifier and the regenerator form the heart of this system. The latent part of the cooling load is overcome using liquid desiccant. The model regenerator has been designed to study the absorption characteristic of the aqueous triethylene glycol (TEG) solution which is in the flow range from 20 to 50 LPM. Also, this system designed that was able to change the height of the regenerator and dehumidifier. Because the effect of performance have different result according the height. The effect of performance factors of the regenerator with inlet solution flow rate, air flow rate, solution concentration, solution temperature, brine temperature, air temperature and inlet air relative humidity have been analyzed. Data obtained are useful for design guidance and performance analysis of the hybrid air conditioning system.

Derivation and Analysis of Dimensionless Parameters Dominating the Dehumidification Characteristics of a Desiccant Rotor (제습로터의 운전특성을 재배하는 무차원 인자의 도출과 해석)

  • Lee Gilbong;Kim Min Soo;Lee Dae-Young
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.611-619
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    • 2005
  • In a previous work of the authors, the heat and mass transfer in a desiccant rotor was analyzed theoretically through linearization assumptions and four dimensionless parameter groups dominating the dehumidification process were arranged. In this work is verified whether the four dimensionless parameters also play the dominant roles in more realistic situations where the nonlinear factors affect the heat and mass transfer. The results show that the dehumidification characteristics are closely similar to each other as long as the four dimensionless parameters have the same set of values while the rotor configurations and/or the operation conditions are different from each other. The four dimensionless parameters are $\Psi,\;\chi,\;\sigma$ and N, where $\Psi$ implies the average gradient of relative humidity lines in the psychrometric chart, $\chi$ the heat capacity of the rotor and $\sigma$ the sorption capacity of the rotor, and N implies the number of transfer unit.

Experimental Study on Mass Transfer Rate at the Packed Column of Solar Cooling Liquid Desiccant System Using Counter Flow Configuration

  • Hengki R, R.;Choi, K.H.;Yohana, Eflita;Sukmaji, I.C.;Kim, J.R.
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 2009
  • Desiccant systems have been proposed as energy saving alternatives to vapor compression air conditioning for handling the latent load. Use of liquid desiccants offers several design and performance advantages over solid desiccants, especially when solar energy is used for regeneration. The liquid desiccants contact the gas inside the packed column and the heat transfer and mass transfer will occur. This proposal is try study the mass transfer and heat transfer inside the packed column of dehumidifier and regenerator systems. And later on, the rates of dehumidification and regeneration that were affected by desiccant flow rates, air temperature and humidity, and desiccant temperature and all that variation will influence the performance of the systems.

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An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics with Height of a Fin-Tube Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier (휜-튜브형 액체건조제 제습기의 높이에 따른 성능특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Su-Dong;Park, Moon-Soo;Chung, Jin-Eun;Choi, Young-Seok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.594-603
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    • 2004
  • Several desiccant cooling systems have been developed in terms of cost and performance. In this study a fin-tube exchanger has been used for liquid desiccant dehumidification system. This dehumidifier has been designed to study the absorption characteristic of the aqueous triethylene glycol(TEG) solution which has the flow range from 20 to 50 LPM. The dehumidifier performance characteristics of working factor variables such as inlet solution flow rate, air flow rate, solution concentration and brine temperature have been analyzed. This dehumidifier has the ability to provide running while saving the latent heat load of total energy. The result of this experiment can provide useful data for hybrid air conditioning system.

An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristic with Height of a Fin-Tube Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier (핀-튜브형 액체건조제 제습기의 높이에 따른 성능특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Su-Dong;Park, Moon-Soo;Chung, Jin-Eun;Lee, Jin-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.25-30
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    • 2003
  • Several desiccant cooling systems have been developed in terms of cost and performance. In this study a fin-tube exchanger has been used for liquid desiccant dehumidification system. This dehumidifier has been designed to study the absorption characteristic of the aqueous triethylene glycol(TEG) solution which has the flow range from 20 to 50 LPM. The dehumidifier performance characteristic of working factor variables such as inlet solution flow rate, air flow rate, solution concentration, solution temperature, brine temperature, air temperature and inlet air relative humidity has been analyzed. The result of this experiment can provide useful data for hybrid air conditioning system.

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Study on the Effect of Performance Factors on the Evaporator Using Liquid Desiccant Falling Flim for Dehumidification (습식건조제 이용 제습에서의 증발기 성능인자 영향 연구)

  • Park, M.S.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.512-520
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    • 1995
  • This study investigates the simultanceous heat and mass transfer between a falling desiccant film and air in cross flow at the interface. The application of this work is the optimization of falling film evaporators for use in potential hybrid air conditioning systems. The specific geometry considered is liquid TEG films falling along the vertical cooled surfaces of a channel with air in cross flow. The equations to describe the coupled heat and mass transfer between a falling desiccant film and air in cross flow for a falling film evaporator have been presented and solved numerically. The effects of important design and operating variables on the evaporator performance predicted by the parametric numerical analysis and suggestions for performance improvements of the evaporator are presented.

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Comparison of the Dehumidification Performance Between LiCl and LiBr in a Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifying Element Having Criss-Cross Sinusoidal Channels (Celdek) (교차 적층된 파형 액체 제습 소자 (Celdek)에서 LiCl과 LiBr 수용액의 제습 성능 비교)

  • Kim, Nea-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 2018
  • Recently, liquid desiccant systems have received attention for the dehumidification of air. LiCl and LiBr are widely used in liquid desiccant systems due to their excellent thermo-physical properties. In this study, dehumidification tests were conducted with Celdek elements using LiCl and LiBr. During the tests, the dry and wet-bulb air temperatures were maintained at $35^{\circ}C$ and $28^{\circ}C$, respectively. The solution temperature was $20^{\circ}C$, the solution concentration was 50%, the solution circulation rate was 50 kg/h, and the frontal air velocity was varied from 2.0 to 4.0 m/s. The results show that the amount of dehumidification increased as the frontal velocity increased. On average, LiCl showed 27% higher dehumidification performance than LiBr, which was probably due to the lower saturation of the absolute humidity of LiCl compared with that of LiBr. On the other hand, LiBr yielded 12% larger pressure drop than LiCl. In general, the Sherwood numbers of LiCl and LiBr were approximately the same, showing that the effect of the desiccant on the Sherwood number was insignificant. Existing correlations highly overpredicted the present Sherwood numbers.

A study of the Possibility of the Charcoal as Desiccant (흡착제로서 숯의 이용 가능성에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Ryeol
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.1083-1089
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    • 2014
  • The aims of this study are to find out the possibility of the charcoal as a desiccant. The only humidity control under high temperature and high humidity environment can be provided to the thermal comfort at indoor environment. Functionality of charcoal is known to be deodorization, antiseptic effect, filtering effect and humidity control. But research related to humidity control in the country not yet. Thus, the dehumidification capacity of the charcoal experimental results to see the results were as follows : 1) Entering the experimental humidification is 148.02 g/h, 161.05 g/h and 243.2 g/h when air velocity was changed 1.5 m/s, 1.7 m/s and 2.0 m/s. 2) When the basis weight of the charcoal 2.0 m/s air velocity to obtain the largest number of adsorption capacity. 3) Dru bulb temperature and dew point temperature ware measured at front and rear of the charcoal. Absolute humidity is calculated from the measured Dry bulb temperature and dew point temperature. The quantity of dehumidification is calculated from absolute humidity is the largest 129.6 g/h at the air velocity 2.0 m/s.

Experimental Study on Liquid Desiccant Distribution Characteristics at a Dehumidifier with Extended Surface (확장표면을 적용한 액체식 제습기에서 제습액 분배 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Min-Su;Chang, Young-Soo;Lee, Dae-Young
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.645-649
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    • 2009
  • Liquid desiccant cooling technology can supply cooling by using waste heat and solar heat which are hard to use effectively. For compact and efficient design of a dehumidifier, it is important to sustain sufficient heat and mass transfer surface area for water vapor diffusion from air to liquid desiccant on heat exchanger. In this study, the plate type heat exchanger is adopted which has extended surface, and hydrophilic coating and porous layer coating are adopted to enhance surface wettedness. PP(polypropylene) plate is coated by porous layer and PET(polyethylene terephthalate) non-woven fabric is coated by hydrophilic polymer. These coated surfaces have porous structure, so that falling liquid film spreads widely on the coated surface foaming thin liquid film by capillary force. The temperature of liquid desiccant increases during dehumidification process by latent heat absorption, which leads to loss of dehumidification capacity. Liquid desiccant is cooled by cooling water flowing in plate heat exchanger. On the plate side, the liquid desiccant can be cooled by internal cooling. However the liquid desiccant on extended surface should be moved and cooled at heat exchanger surface. Optimal mixing and distribution of liquid desiccant between extended surface and plate heat exchanger surface is essential design parameter. The experiment has been conducted to verify effective surface treatment and distribution characteristics by measuring wall side flow rate and visualization test. It is observed that hydrophilic and porous layer coating have excellent wettedness, and the distribution can be regulated by adopting holes on extended surface.

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Modelling of the Heat and Mass Transfer in a Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier with Extended Surface (확장표면을 적용한 액체식 제습기의 열물질 전달 모델링)

  • Chang, Y.S.;Lee, D.Y.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.303-311
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    • 2011
  • This study presents a new idea of liquid desiccant dehumidifier with extended surface to improve the compactness. Extended surface is inserted between vertical cooling tubes, and the liquid desiccant flows down along the tube walls and the extended surface as well. Though the extended surface contributes to the increase in the mass transfer area, the effect tends to be limited because less conductive non-metallic materials need to be applied due to the high corrosiveness of liquid desiccant. To analyze the effects of the extended surface insertion, mathematical modelling and numerical integration are performed for the heat and mass transfer in the liquid desiccant dehumidifier. The results show that, though the liquid desiccant on the extended surface is heated due to the moisture absorption, the temperature can be maintained by periodic mixing at the contact points between the tube and the extended surface with the liquid desiccant stream from the tube side at a relatively low temperature. This implies the absorption heat from the extended surface side can be removed effectively by mixing, which leads to a substantial improvement of the dehumidification in the liquid desiccant dehumidifier with extended surface. When the interval of the extended surface, $p_e/L$, is less than 0.1, the dehumidification is shown to increase by more than two times compared with that without extended surface.