, Navdeep Singh 2
, Dinesh K. Rao 3
, Kshitij Pandey 4
, Chandra K. Kaithwas 5
, Shivasheesh Kaushik 6
, Santosh Upadhyay 7
, Azeem Alam 8
, Ashfaque Ahmad 9
, Jigesh Yadav 10
, Amit Kumar 11
, Rohit Kumar Chaudhary 12
, Angad Kumar Singh Kushwaha 13
2University Centre for Research and Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, NH-95, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, 140413, India
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Hawai Patti, Prayagraj Road, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh,24001, India
4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Uttaranchal University, Premnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Hawai Patti, Prayagraj Road, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 224001, India
6Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shivalik College of Engineering, Shiniwala, Sherpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248197, India
7Department of Chemistry, Motihari College of Engineering, Furshatpur Bariyarpur, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, 845401, India
8Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motihari College of Engineering, Furshatpur Bariyarpur, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, 845401, India
9Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motihari College of Engineering, Furshatpur Bariyarpur, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, 845401, India
10Department of Mechanical Engineering, Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, 842003, India
11Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motihari College of Engineering, Furshatpur Bariyarpur, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, 845401, India,
12Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Kumarbagh, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, 845450, India,
13Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Kumarbagh, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, 845450, India
Abstract
Dehumidification systems based on liquid desiccant have the potential to lower the latent cooling load of traditional vapour-compression airconditioning, especially in humid climates. This paper presents an experimental research on a liquid desiccant dehumidification system using calcium chloride that was run under controlled winter conditions. The effects of inlet air velocity and regeneration temperature on the outlet air relative humidity are evaluated. The results indicate that lower air velocities improve moisture removal because of increased air–desiccant contact time. The regeneration at about 58 C gave a relatively stable regeneration behaviour with a small range of outlet air relative humidity under the conditions of the experiment. The work gives experimentally determined operating trends applicable to real-world humidity-control applications and low-grade heat regeneration, and observes that the results are not to establish universal performance standards but to assist in optimising systems.
