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Performance investigation on the ultrasonic atomization liquid desiccant regeneration system

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  • Yang, Zili
  • Zhang, Kaisheng
  • Hwang, Yunho
  • Lian, Zhiwei

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Liquid desiccant dehumidification systems have accumulated considerable research interest in recent years for their great energy saving potential in buildings. Within the system, the regenerator recovering liquid desiccant plays a major role in its performance. When the ultrasonic atomization technology is applied to atomize the desiccant solution into numerous tiny droplets with diameters around 50μm, the regeneration process could be greatly enhanced. To validate this approach, a novel ultrasonic atomization liquid desiccant regeneration system (UARS) was studied in this work. An Ideal Regeneration Model (IRM) was developed to predict the regeneration performance of the UARS. Additionally, thorough experiments were carried out to validate the model under different operating conditions of the desiccant solution and air stream. The model predicted values and the experimental results coincided, with the average deviation less than 7.9%. The performance of UARS was compared with other regeneration systems from the open literature, while a case study was conducted for the power consumption and energy saving potential of UARS. It was found that the ultrasonic atomization technology enabled utilization of lower-grade energy for desiccant regeneration with the regeneration temperature lowered as much as 4.4°C. In addition, a considerable energy saving potential of up to 23.4% could be achieved by the UARS for regenerating per unit mass flow of desiccant solution, while the power consumption of the ultrasonic atomization system was less than 7.0% of total energy cost. Moreover, when the UARS is integrated with the ultrasonic atomization assisted dehumidifier, energy savings can reach up to 60.4% as compared with the packed-bed system. This study validated the feasibility and energy saving potential of applying ultrasonic atomization technology to liquid desiccant regeneration systems.

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  • Yang, Zili & Zhang, Kaisheng & Hwang, Yunho & Lian, Zhiwei, 2016. "Performance investigation on the ultrasonic atomization liquid desiccant regeneration system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 12-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:171:y:2016:i:c:p:12-25
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.008
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