E3S Web of Conferences (Jan 2022)

Performance Analysis of a Passive Mixing Strategy assisted Heat-Pump-driven Liquid-Desiccant Air-Conditioning System

  • Lee Jae-Hee,
  • Cheon Seong-Yong,
  • Kim Minseong,
  • Park Hyo-Lim,
  • Jeong Jae-Weon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202235601030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 356
p. 01030

Abstract

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In liquid desiccant systems, an operating strategy of mixing small fractions of weak and strong solutions integrated with a closed-loop operating strategy has drawn attention for its ability to improve the system energy performance. This study proposed a passive mixing strategy integrated with the closed-loop strategy for a heat-pump-driven liquid-desiccant (HPLD) air-conditioning system and experimentally analysed its operating performances. Based on the density difference between the weak solution in the absorber sump after dehumidification process and the strong solution in the regenerator sump after regeneration process, the proposed passive mixing strategy can practically mix them without moving parts. The results showed that the passive mixing strategy was found to be feasible to properly maintain the solution temperatures and concentrations of both absorber and regenerator within the target range in the operation of the system. Therefore, the converged dehumidification rate was shown to be 4.3 g/kg and the converged cooling capacity was shown to be 5.4 kW, which satisfied the target performance. Consequently, the closed-loop and the proposed passive mixing strategy can be concluded to be applicable to the HPLD air-conditioning system.