Membrane Dehumidification and Cooling: Fundamentals and Applications

Membrane Dehumidification and Cooling: Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive resource that covers the latest advancements in membrane dehumidifiers, their potential applications, and experimental methods for evaluating their performance. It also provides a comparative study of different dehumidification techniques, scaling, heat transfer, and thermodynamic analysis, and discusses hybrid membrane-based air-conditioners.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 218 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2023
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Membrane Dehumidification and Cooling: Fundamentals and Applications delves into the cutting-edge realm of membrane dehumidifiers, showcasing their most recent advancements and providing valuable insights into global R&D interests. With a strong emphasis on applications, the book offers comprehensive characterization techniques to evaluate the potential of hygroscopic materials, as well as experimental methods to study the performance of dehumidifiers. The book begins by addressing the drawbacks of conventional cooling systems and then explores electrically driven alternative cooling solutions. A comparative study between different dehumidification techniques is presented, along with sections on fundamental transport mechanisms and thermodynamic modeling. Furthermore, scaling, heat transfer, and thermodynamic analysis are discussed, along with a review of hybrid membrane-based air-conditioners. This comprehensive book serves as a one-stop resource for the latest advancements in membrane dehumidification and cooling applications. It is an indispensable read for students, researchers, and engineers engaged in thermal engineering, heat and mass transfer, alternative cooling, energy materials, and dehumidification.

Weight: 372g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323955294