Heat Flux and Effectiveness in Bubble Colum Dehumidifiers for HDH Desalination

Humidification-dehumidification is a promising technology for decentralized, small-scale desalination, but high energy consumption and large dehumidifier size are disadvantages. Direct-contact dehumidification in bubble columns has previously been shown to decrease dehumidifier volume by an order of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tow, Emily W., Lienhard, John H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: International Desalination Association 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87600
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-0638
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-713X