Model development of heatmass transfer for internally cooled dehumidifier concerning liquid film shrinkage shape and contact angles.pdfVIP

Building and Environment 114 (2017) 11e22 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Building and Environment journal homepage: /locate/buildenv Model development of heat/mass transfer for internally cooled dehumidi?er concerning liquid ?lm shrinkage shape and contact angles Chuanshuai Dong a, Lin Lu a, *, Ronghui Qi a, b a Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China article info Article history: Received 18 October 2016 Received in revised form 28 November 2016 Accepted 4 December 2016 Available online 7 December 2016 Keywords: Liquid desiccant air-conditioning system Contact angle Shrinkage shape Wetting area Dehumidi?cation performance abstract Moisture affects building materials, the thermal comfort of building occupants and the work performed by them. The plate liquid desiccant air-conditioning system (LDACS) is a promising dehumidi?cation alternative to traditional air-conditioning system for lower energy consumption and less pollution. The shrinkage of the falling ?lm on working plates critically in?uences the dehumidi?cation performance by affecting the wetting area and ?lm thickness. This paper developed a new model of plate dehumidi?er concerning the shrinkage shape and the variable ?lm thickness of falling ?lm. The new model was validated by experiments and compared with existing models. The results indicated that the effect of contact angles on dehumidi?cation performance can be accurately predicted. The moisture removal rates increased rapidly from 2.0 g/kg to 2.56 g/kg as the contact angles decreased from 85 to 5, while the wetting area increased from 0.145 m2 to 0.176 m2. The distribution of the humidity ratio of process air along ?ow direction with different contact angles was also simulated. Besides, the average ?lm thickness decreased from 0.952 mm to 0.889 mm as the contact angles