DEHUMIDIFICATION DRYING OF HIGH-MOISTURE ROUGH RICE IN A RADIAL-FLOW,CIRCULAR BIN

Abstract

An experimental radial-flow, circular bin dryer with a dehumidifier was fabricated and tested for rough rice drying. Results showed that high-moisture paddy could be dried to 14% moisture content (wet basis) over a 24 h drying span at an average drying rate of 0.5%/h. The open-cycle system's specific moisture extraction rate and the dehumidifier's coefficient of performance were within the usual range of values cited for similar conventional systems or equipment. The quality of the dehumidifier-dried and naturally dried paddy was similar with respect to minimum grain Assuring, The system was found to be a technically feasible, more energy-efficient and safer alternative to electrical resistance heating in the conditioning of ambient air for drying under humid tropical conditions.     

Bubble columns for condensation at high concentrations of noncondensable gas: Heat‐transfer model and experiments

Carrier gas based thermodynamic cycles are common in water desalination applications. These cycles often require condensation of water vapor out of the carrier gas stream. As the carrier gas is most likely a noncondensable gas present in very high concentrations (60–95%), a large additional resistance to heat transfer is present. It is proposed to reduce the aforementioned thermal resistance by condensing the vapor–gas mixture in a column of cold liquid rather than on a cold surface using a bubble column heat exchanger. A theoretical predictive model for estimating the heat‐transfer rates and new experimental data to validate this model are described. The model is purely physics based without the need for any adjustable parameters, and it is shown to predict heat rates within 0 to ?20% of the experimental values. The experiments demonstrate that heat‐transfer rates in the proposed device are up to an order magnitude higher than those achieved in existing state‐of‐the‐art dehumidifiers. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 1780–1790, 2013     

明胶和胶囊生产干燥新工艺的研究

本文介绍了氯化锂液体除湿的工作原 理,并深入分析了其除湿工艺、主要特点和在 明胶与胶囊干燥方面的研究和应用。     

药物存储用热电除湿装置性能实验及参数优化

热电冷却除湿是一种新型节能、环保的除湿技术。鉴于目前热电除湿装置除湿速率和效率较低,采用两片TEC-12705型半导体制冷片进行对角布置,设计了一套热电除湿装置,对影响其性能的因素做了系统的分析并针对实际环境工况提出相应的设计和优化理念。结果表明,风速、热电制冷片驱动电压、气流组织形式都对热电除湿装置性能有一定的影响,确定风速时应综合考虑空气与冷端热沉换热能力和空气与冷端热沉接触时间。     

木材除湿干燥过程中循环风旁通率调控理论分析

从木材除湿干燥的临界分析入手,分析了通过除湿蒸发器前后湿空气的焓差、含湿量差以及除湿量与旁通率的关系,理论上印证了最佳旁通率的存在,并提出了最佳旁通率的调控思路,为调控循环风旁通率实现木材除湿干燥节能提供了理论基础。     

燃煤电厂湿烟气余热及水分回收技术研究

为了降低燃煤电厂脱硫后烟气中的含湿量,有效回收烟气中的水分及余热,同时解决因饱和湿烟气中水蒸气凝结引起的烟囱腐蚀、"烟囱雨"及"白烟"等问题,分析了湿烟气的热力特点及能量分布的形式,介绍并对比了冷凝法、溶液吸收法及膜法3种较为可行的湿烟气除湿工艺,论述了其技术特点、研究现状、不足及研究方向。研究表明,脱硫后湿烟气中每千克干烟气含湿量约80 g,70%余热以水蒸气潜热的形式存在,冷凝法现阶段相对较为成熟,但吸收法除湿潜力更高、膜法系统简单稳定可靠,具有非常好的应用前景,是烟气除湿工艺研究的趋势;低品位余热的经济利用途径将是燃煤电厂烟气除湿技术的一个重要研究方向。     

湿空气在泡沫金属内析湿过程的换热与压降特性影响因素分析

实验研究了湿空气在泡沫金属内流动析湿过程的换热和压降特性,分析了不同因素的影响规律。研究结果表明:随着入口空气相对湿度的增大,凝结水增多,使泡沫金属的换热量和压降均增大;当入口相对湿度从50%增大到90%时,换热量和压降最大增加了67%和62%;随着入口空气温度的升高,泡沫金属换热量和压降增大;随着冷却水温度的升高,泡沫金属的换热量和压降均下降;随着孔密度的增大,压降增大,但由于受到凝结水影响,总换热量会先减小后略有增大;泡沫金属的迎风高度越大,总换热量和压降越大。     

矿用救生舱除湿方式研究

根据我国煤矿现有条件及要求,对煤矿救生舱内除湿技术进行了研究。针对煤矿井下发生事故后的客观条件,从动力缺失、空间大小、简单易用等方面分析其对除湿系统的特殊要求。阐述并比较了冷凝除湿、液体吸收除湿、固体吸附除湿、热泵除湿这些常见除湿方式的优缺点,选用固体动态吸附除湿技术控制矿用救生舱内的湿度。     

Experimental investigation of a desiccant dehumidifier based on evacuated tube solar collector with a PCM storage unit

A rotary desiccant dehumidifier based on an evacuated tube solar air collector with a phase change material (PCM) storage unit has been experimentally investigated. The PCM (acetamide) simultaneously stores and transfers the heat to the air during day hours. The stored heat of the PCM is utilized to produce hot air during night hours. The performance of the system is analyzed for different air flow rates at different rotational speeds (rph) of desiccant wheel. The dehumidification effectiveness (?_A), regeneration effectiveness (?_R), and dehumidification coefficient of performance are 8.17, 10.35, and 0.0327%, respectively, at 16 rph of the desiccant wheel with 127.23?kg/h air flow rate. The system is also used to generate dry air for 14?h a day with PCM, which shows that acetamide used as the PCM has an ability to store an adequate amount of heat to regenerate the desiccant wheel during off-sunshine hours.     

Effect of hygroscopic materials on water vapor permeation and dehumidification performance of poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes

In this study, two hygroscopic materials, inorganic lithium chloride (LiCl) and organic triethylene glycol (TEG) were separately added to poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) to form blend membranes for air dehumidification. Water vapor permeation, dehumidification performance and long‐term durability of the membranes were studied systematically. Membrane hydrophilicity and water vapor sorbability increased significantly with higher the hygroscopic material contents. Water vapor permeance of the membranes increased with both added hygroscopic material and absorbed water. Water permeation energy varied from positive to negative with higher hygroscopic content. This observation is attributed to a lower diffusion energy and a relatively constant sorption energy when hygroscopic content increases. Comparatively, PVA/TEG has less corrosive problems and is more environmentally friendly than PVA/LiCl. A membrane with PVA/TEG is observed to be highly durable and is suitable for dehumidification applications. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134, 44765.