IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
This section presents the results of a parametric study
to examine the effects of desiccant flow rate, water
temperature, the air wet bulb temperature, dry bulb
temperature and flow rate on (1) the concentration
increase (ΔX) of the desiccant solution between the inlet
and outlet of the regenerator and (2) moisture loss from
the desiccant solution and moisture gain in the air. The
effect of each of these parameters was examined at two
water flow rates, 200 and 300 kg.hr-1.
A. Concentration Increase
1) Effect of desiccant flow rate
Fig. 4 shows the effect of desiccant flow rate at
following conditions1: dry bulb temperature of 36○C and
wet bulb temperature of 28○C while the air flow rate was
kept at 765 kg.hr-1 and water temperature at 80○C.