State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review

Bai, Hongyu; Zhu, Jie; Chen, Ziwei; Chu, Junze

Abstract

Air dehumidification is of vital importance in building air conditioning and production safety. Semi-permeable membrane module is a novel heat and mass exchanger, which separates the air and liquid desiccant to overcome desiccant droplet carry-over problem in traditional direct-contact systems. Recently, some research works have been carried out in mathematical modelling and experimental testing of membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification technology. Compared with the experimental testing, the mathematical modelling has advantages of significant time and cost reductions, practically unlimited level of detail, more profound understanding of physical mechanism and better investigation of critical situation without any risks. This paper presents a comprehensive review of various modelling methods for two types of membrane-based liquid desiccant modules: flat plate and hollow fiber.

Citation

Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., & Chu, J. (2018). State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.100

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 19, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Apr 27, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 30, 2018
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 28, 2019
• Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• Print ISSN: 0017-9310
• Electronic ISSN: 0017-9310
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.100
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/950756
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0017931018314819