Parametric analysis of desiccant wheel for air conditioning application |
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| Authors: | Laxmikant Yadav PhD Avadhesh Yadav PhD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India |
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| Abstract: | A one‐dimensional mathematical model is developed to evaluate the operating and design parameters of the desiccant wheel for air conditioning application. In this paper, dehumidification coefficient of performance (DCOP) and sensible energy ratio (SER) are adopted as a combined performance index to reflect the dehumidification and thermal performance of the desiccant wheel. The analysis of the results reveals that for lower SER, suitable wheel length, wall thickness, channel pitch, and channel height should be 100 mm, 0.2 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm, respectively. These design parameters have been analyzed under different operating conditions and it was found that for higher DCOP, rotational speed, regeneration temperature, process and regeneration velocity should be 20 rph, 60°C, and 2 m/s. |
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| Keywords: | DCOP design parameters operating parameters sensible energy ratio |
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