Dehumidification and humidification process of desiccant solution by air injection

Abstract

Abstract Liquid desiccant dehumidification was proved to be an effective method to extract the moisture from air with a relatively less energy. An experimental study was carried out to evaluate the liquid desiccant system performance during dehumidification and humidification processes using an injected air through the liquid desiccant solution (calcium chloride). A different air mass flow rates though the desiccant solution was considered during the experimental work. The desiccant system was studied at different operating conditions like different temperatures, different humidity ratios and different solution levels. The effectiveness for both the dehumidification and humidification processes was calculated through this work. It was found that, the system effectiveness reached to 0.87 in the dehumidification and about 0.92 in the humidification process. Also; the experimental results showed a mass transfer coefficient of 28 kg s−1 m2 mm Hg at an air mass flow rate of 0.022 kg s−1 in the dehumidification process. The cooling effect factor was also studied and analyzed during that work.