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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)
Journal Article

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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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.

Techno-economic evaluation of multiple energy piles for a ground-coupled heat pump system (2018)
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A technical and economic feasibility study of multiple energy piles (EPs) for a ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) system is presented in this paper. The GCHP system energy performance and life-cycle cost (LCC) are evaluated, it is found that the system... Read More about Techno-economic evaluation of multiple energy piles for a ground-coupled heat pump system.

A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers (2018)
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The ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been extensively applied to commercial and residential buildings owing to their high-energy efficiencies and low running costs. The key component of the GSHP is a ground heat exchanger (GHE). The state-of-the... Read More about A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers.

A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating (2018)
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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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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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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.

CFD assessment of multiple energy piles for ground source heat pump in heating mode (2018)
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Three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of ground source heat pump (GSHP) with multiple energy piles (EPs) is developed to investigate the system heating performances under continuous and intermittent operating conditions, the... Read More about CFD assessment of multiple energy piles for ground source heat pump in heating mode.

Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink (2018)
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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.