{"title":"Performance evaluation of honeycomb structured PVC packed humidifier in a Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Plant","authors":"A. Raj, Rohan Bajaj, T. Srinivas","doi":"10.1109/ICEETS.2016.7582901","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigated the performance of honeycomb structured PVC used as packing material inside humidifier in Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Plant. The affecting operational parameter like mass flow rate of water and air on the performance parameters of humidifier such as range, effectiveness, efficiency, water evaporation rate, heat and mass transfer rate are studied. The inlet hot water to the humidifier is kept around 35-60°C. The result is analyzed at different flow rate ranging from 100LPH-200LPH with an increment of 25 LPH. It is found that at water flow rate of 150 LPH and at 0.55 m3/s volume flow rate of air, effectiveness of humidifier found to be maximum of 0.75.","PeriodicalId":215798,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEETS.2016.7582901","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this study, we investigated the performance of honeycomb structured PVC used as packing material inside humidifier in Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Plant. The affecting operational parameter like mass flow rate of water and air on the performance parameters of humidifier such as range, effectiveness, efficiency, water evaporation rate, heat and mass transfer rate are studied. The inlet hot water to the humidifier is kept around 35-60°C. The result is analyzed at different flow rate ranging from 100LPH-200LPH with an increment of 25 LPH. It is found that at water flow rate of 150 LPH and at 0.55 m3/s volume flow rate of air, effectiveness of humidifier found to be maximum of 0.75.