A direct expansion (DX) air dehumidification system is an efficient way to supply fresh and dry air to a built environment. It plays a key role in preventing the spread of respiratory disease like Swine flu (H1N1). To improve the efficiency of a conventional DX system in hot and humid regions, a...

A compression heat pump driven and membrane-based liquid desiccant air dehumidification system is presented. The dehumidifier and the regenerator are made of two hollow fiber membrane bundles packed in two shells. Water vapor can permeate through these membranes effectively, while the liquid...

This article studies in detail the permeation properties of highly permeable and highly selective polymer membrane for water vapor/volatile organic compound (VOC). A dense cellulose acetate (CA) membrane is prepared by the dry method. The sorption and permeation properties of water vapor and...

Membranes were used in combination to liquid desiccant air dehumidification to separate the liquid desiccant from the process air to prevent the problems of liquid droplets crossover. In this review, the developments in this relatively new technology were introduced. The membrane materials used...

This study aims at comparing the performance of honeycomb type adsorbent beds (or desiccant wheels) for air dehumidification with various solid desiccant wall materials, from a viewpoint of system operation. A mathematical model is proposed and validated to predict the cyclic behaviors of the...