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conditions. The effect of air velocity and relative humidity on these processes
has been analyzed. It is found that these two desiccants are able to attract Recommended articles
moisture from the air and can be regenerated at low temperature 40 °C. LiCl
and CaCl2 are able to undergo successive cycles during many days by obtaining
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nearly their concentration. The concentration gap between the regeneration
phases is very small within an average of 0.003% for CaCl2 and 0.042% for LiCl.
The amount of water absorbed is nearly equal to the amount of water desorbed, Article Metrics
in equilibrium condition, for a complete cycle. The comparison shows that, in
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the dehumidification process, the mass transfer potential of LiCl solution is
better than that of CaCl2 solution in the same desiccant mass. On the other Citation Indexes: 9
hand, in the regeneration process, CaCl2 solution shows better mass transfer
potential compared with LiCl solution. For using in (LDCS), CaCl2 is very cheap Captures
while has the poorest absorption ability, but the ability of LiCl to dehumidify is
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far better. Also, it is found that a higher Reynolds number gives a higher
potential of mass transfer.
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Keywords
LiCl desiccant; CaCl2 desiccant; Cycle of dehumidification/regeneration
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