TOTAL HEAT RECOVERY: HEAT AND MOISTURE RECOVERYFROM VENTILATION AIR; NOTICE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; TOTAL HEAT RECOVERY IN AIR-CONDITIONING; ABSTRACT; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES; 1.3. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; ENERGY RECOVERY POTENTIALS; ABSTRACT; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. ENERGY CALCULATIONS; 2.3. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; ESTIMATION OF SORPTION AND DIFFUSION PROPERTIES OF HYGROSCOPIC MATERIALS; ABSTRACT; NOMENCLATURE; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. SORPTION AND DIFFUSIVITY IN A THERMO-HYGROSTAT; Sorption Experiments; Drying Experiments; Calculation of Diffusivity
Uncertainty AnalysisSorption Isotherms; Sorption Curves; Regeneration Curves; Moisture Diffusivity; 3.3. FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSFER IN A NOVEL EMISSION CELL; Mathematical Models; Discretisation and Solution Strategy; Experimental Work; Local and Mean Sherwood Numbers; Flow Patterns; Humidity Profiles; 3.4. MEASUREMENT OF MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY WITH THE CELL; The Whole Set-up; Model Development; Estimation of Moisture Diffusivity; 3.5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PERFORMANCE OF ENERGY WHEELS; ABSTRACT; NOMENCLATURE; 4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. MATHEMATICAL MODEL; Performance Index
4.3. PERFORMANCE ANALYSISTemperature and Humidity Profiles; Effects of Rotary Speed; Effects of NTU; Psychrometric Cycle; 4.4. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; HEAT MASS TRANSFER IN BENDED SINUSOIDAL NARROW DUCTS; ABSTRACT; NOMENCLATURE; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. FLOW AND HEAT MASS TRANSFER MODEL; Basic Equations; 5.3. BOUNDARY FITTED COORDINATES; Finite Difference Equations; 5.4. FRICTION AND MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; Validation of the Procedure; Effects of Bending Ratios; Local and Mean Sherwood Numbers; 5.5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CONVECTIVE HEAT MASS TRANSFER IN PLATE-FIN CHANNELS; ABSTRACT
NOMENCLATURE6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. SINUSOIDAL DUCTS OF FINITE FIN CONDUCTANCE; Governing Equations; Numerical Method; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 6.3. RECTANGULAR DUCT; Parallel-plates Channels; 6.4. TRIANGULAR DUCT; 6.5. CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; Governing Equations; Boundary Conditions; 6.6. COMPARISONS OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; 6.7. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; EFFECTIVENESS CORRELATIONS OF TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; ABSTRACT; NOMENCLATURE; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. EFFECTIVENESS-NTU CORRELATIONS; Deduction of Effectiveness Correlations; Validation
7.3. CORRELATIONS FOR PLATE-FIN TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGER7.4. AN APPLICATION EXAMPLE; Problem; Solution; 7.5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; ABSTRACT; NOMENCLATURE; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. PARALLEL-PLATES EXCHANGER; Governing Equations; Numerical Methods; Experimental Work; Membrane Surface Values; Nusselt and Sherwood Numbers; 8.3. PLATE-FIN EXCHANGER; Heat and Mass Transfer in Air Streams; Heat and Mass Transfer through Plates; Boundary Conditions; Simulation Case; Solution Procedure; 8.4. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NOVEL MEMBRANES FOR TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGER
