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Measurements of effectiveness in a silica gel rotary exchanger.

Author(s) : NETI S., WOLFE E. I.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The performance features of a silica gel rotary mass exchanger wheel has been measured. The process air flow velocities and temperatures ranged from 0.5 to 2.5 m/s, and 20 to 30 °C with 30 to 100% relative humidities. Similar velocity and relative humidity conditions were used for regeneration air. The desiccant data are compared to two different theories from the literature: the method of characteristics and a numerical approach. The method of characteristics appears to be good for only a small range of conditions, generally for low values of specific capacities. The numerical approach appears to predict the trends well, though sometimes with large errors.

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  • Original title: Measurements of effectiveness in a silica gel rotary exchanger.
  • Record ID : 2001-0191
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 20 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 2000/03

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