Mechanism study on magnitude of mass transfer coefficients in liquid desiccant dehumidification and regeneration

Author(s):  
Tingting Chen ◽  
Yonggao Yin ◽  
Pan Yan ◽  
Yunzhi Ling ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
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Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Tanaka Chitose ◽  
Eiji Hihara

The performance of an air dehumidification system with lithium chloride solution used as a desiccant was studied experimentally. First, the mass-transfer coefficients were measured for a structured packed dehumidifier/regenerator. It was shown that the overall mass-transfer coefficients varied from 2.5 to 7.8 g/(m2·s) when the air velocity was increased from 0.5 to 1.5 m/s in the dehumidifier and varied from 1.2 to 2.7 g/(m2·s) in the regenerator. Second, experiments on the air dehumidification system were conducted. The experimental results showed that higher humidity in summer and lower humidity in winter resulted in decreased dehumidifying (humidifying) efficiency.


1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 287-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pen-C. Chiang ◽  
Chung-H. Hung ◽  
J. C. Mar ◽  
E. E. Chang

Both Henry's constants and volumetric mass transfer coefficients (KLa) of eight priority chlorinated organic compounds including 1,1-dichloroethene, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in an air stripping packed column were investigated in this study. The liquid and gas phase EPICS (Equilibrium Partition in Closed System) and direct calculating methods were applied to determine the Henry's constants of VOCs. The interference of co-solute on Henry's constants was also investigated. Experimental results indicated that decrease in Henry's constants of VOCs was observed in the presence of humic acid but no apparent effect on Henry's constants was detected when there was NaCl and surfactant in solution. Four different configurations of packing media including Intalox Saddle, Super Intalox Saddle, Telleret, and Hedgehog made of polypropylene were respectively packed in the air stripping tower and investigated in the study. The dependence of hydraulic loading, air-water ratio, and configurations of packing media on mass transfer coefficients of VOCs was discussed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 557-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina S. Haas ◽  
Reimer Herrmann

Sewage containing volatile contaminants is a potential VOC-source in cities. Thus we tried to evaluate volatilization out of the sewerage system by measurements of contaminants in sewer gas and sewage. Our results from a medium sized town with little industry showed that sewer gas is mainly contaminated with alkanes, small aromatic compounds and chlorinated hydrocarbons. For three chlorinated hydrocarbons (chloroform, trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene) we determined mass transfer coefficients out of sewage and used these data to estimate mass fluxes from sewage and emissions out of the sewerage system for two sewer stretches. Considerable emission of chlorinated hydrocarbons from sewage, i.e. fluxes of some 10 to 100 g per m2·d, occurred only when the contaminant input via sewage was between some g and mg per litre for a single compound. For concentrations that were about 3 orders of magnitude less, emissions were negligible.


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