TY - JOUR
TI - Numerical and experimental analysis of a solid desiccant wheel
AU - Koronaki Irene P
AU - Papoutsis Efstratios
AU - Papaefthimiou Vassilis
AU - Rogdakis Emmanouel
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 2
SP - 613
EP - 621
PT - Article
AB - The rotary desiccant dehumidifier is an important component which can be used  in air conditioning systems in order to reduce the electrical energy  consumption and introduce renewable energy sources. In this study a one  dimensional gas side resistance model is presented for predicting the  performance of the desiccant wheel. Measurements from two real sorption  wheels are used in order to validate the model. One wheel uses silica gel as  desiccant material and the other lithium chloride. The simulation results are  in good agreement with the experimental data. The model is used to compare  the counter flow with the co-current wheel arrangements and to explain why  the counter flow one is more efficient for air dehumidification.