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Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection (2018)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chu, J., Chen, X., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2019). Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection. Energy and Buildings, 183, 592-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.038

The membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system has high energy efficiency without the traditional liquid system carry-over problem. The performance of such a system strongly depends on solution's temperature and concentration, which have... Read More about Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection.

Performance characterizations and thermodynamic analysis of magnesium sulfate-impregnated zeolite 13X and activated alumina composite sorbents for thermal energy storage (2018)
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Xu, S., Wang, R., Wang, L., & Zhu, J. (2019). Performance characterizations and thermodynamic analysis of magnesium sulfate-impregnated zeolite 13X and activated alumina composite sorbents for thermal energy storage. Energy, 167, 889-901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.200

The composite sorbents of MgSO4-impregnated zeolite 13X and activated alumina are developed for thermal energy storage (TES) with different temperature ranges. The sorption and desorption characteristics of raw and MgSO4-impregnated activated alumina... Read More about Performance characterizations and thermodynamic analysis of magnesium sulfate-impregnated zeolite 13X and activated alumina composite sorbents for thermal energy storage.

A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating (2018)
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Xu, S., Lemington, Q., Wang, R., & Zhu, J. (2018). A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating. Energy Conversion and Management, 171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.077

A sorption thermal energy storage (TES) device for domestic heating is presented in this article. The TES device adopts the new design scenario with valve-less adsorber and separate reservoir to eliminate the large-diameter vacuum valve for vapor flo... Read More about A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating.

Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration (2018)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Chu, J., & Liu, Y. (2018). Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration. Applied Thermal Engineering, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.05.011

Liquid desiccant dehumidification system has gained much progress recently for its considerable energy saving potential without liquid water condensation. Within the system, regeneration is of great importance since diluted desiccant solution after d... Read More about Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration.

State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review (2018)
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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

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 p... Read More about State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review.

Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink (2018)
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Meng, X., Zhu, J., Wei, X., & Yan, Y. (2018). Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.002

The influence of mounting angle on heat dissipation performance of a heat sink under natural convection condition is investigated in this paper by numerical simulation and experimental test. It is found that the heat sink achieves the highest cooling... Read More about Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink.