Experimental study on the performance of membrane based multieffect dehumidifier regenerator powered by solar energy

F. H. Choo; M. Kum Ja; K. Zhao; A. Chakraborty; E. T.M. Dass; M. Prabu; B. Li; S. Dubey

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.063

Experimental study on the performance of membrane based multieffect dehumidifier regenerator powered by solar energy

F. H. Choo, M. Kum Ja^*, K. Zhao, A. Chakraborty, E. T.M. Dass, M. Prabu, B. Li, S. Dubey

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Abstract

This study aims to provide an experimental performance analysis of a membrane based multi-effect regenerator for dehumidification application powered by solar thermal energy. The regenerator system is used as a desiccant solution concentrator to re-concentrate the salt solution by removing some water content in the used solution from the dehumidification system. The concentrated solution can also be used as a solar energy storage system by storing the high concentrated desiccant solution to be used in the de-humidifier. In the membrane based multi-effect regenerator, the merits of multi-effect evaporation and membrane's mass transfer process are applied. It uses an energy recovering process by using the multi-effect evaporation concept and the membrane's mass transfer process driven by low grade temperature and pressure gradient. In this study, different operating parameters such as feed flow rates, feed concentration and heating temperature were examined to determine the optimum performance of this membrane based multi-effect regenerator.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	535-542
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.063
State	Published - 2014
Event	2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013 - Freiburg, Germany Duration: Sep 23 2013 → Sep 25 2013

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Conference	2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Freiburg
Period	09/23/13 → 09/25/13

Keywords

Membrane
Multi-effect evaporator
Regenerator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Energy

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Choo, F. H., Ja, M. K., Zhao, K., Chakraborty, A., Dass, E. T. M., Prabu, M., Li, B., & Dubey, S. (2014). Experimental study on the performance of membrane based multieffect dehumidifier regenerator powered by solar energy. 535-542. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013, Freiburg, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.063

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Choo, FH, Ja, MK, Zhao, K, Chakraborty, A, Dass, ETM, Prabu, M, Li, B & Dubey, S 2014, 'Experimental study on the performance of membrane based multieffect dehumidifier regenerator powered by solar energy', Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013, Freiburg, Germany, 09/23/13 - 09/25/13 pp. 535-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.063

Experimental study on the performance of membrane based multieffect dehumidifier regenerator powered by solar energy. / Choo, F. H.; Ja, M. Kum; Zhao, K. et al.
2014. 535-542 Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013, Freiburg, Germany.

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