On The Development of

Mesostructured Silicates
Embodied Packed Bed Desiccant
Unit
UT^2 workshop
2016
2016/06/22

Jubair A. Shamim, Wei-Lun Hsu,

Soumyadeep Paul and Hirofumi
Daiguji
Daiguji Lab, Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering

Overview
Background

Experimentations

Numerical Simulations

Summary

Schematic Diagram of Solar Desiccant Cooling

Challenges to Overcome

P (Pressure Drop)
Dehumidification
Performance

Source: Asahi Glass Co.,

Japan

Dehumidification Performance:
Reduction of Humidity
Adsorption Heat Release
Desiccant Saturation Time
Regeneration Temperature

Why Desiccant System

Montreal Protocol (1987)
Drastic reductions in the
production of CFCs.
European Community (March
1989)
Agreed to ban the production of
all CFCs by the end of the
century.
European Commission Regulation
(2037/2000)
Use of all HFCs would be
prohibited by year 2015.

Vapor compression air-conditioning system

Source: Int. J. Low-Carbon Technologies

2016, 0, 1-17

Experimentations

Experimental Loop (Front

View)

Side View

Test Section

CAD Drawing

Test Section Front

View

Stainless Steel Mesh

with Frame

Test Section Side

View

Inlet/Outlet Plenum

Courtesy: Moroyama San,

Mesh (Stainless Steel)

Mesh with Frame

72m

M.S. Gel
Particle Dia (m): 63200
Pore Dia (nm): 4.5
and 6.4
Surface Area (m2/g):
845100 (4.5
nm)
73050 (6.4 nm)
SEM Image

Computational Domain

Air Flow Channel (H=5.0 mm)

Hot Dry
Air Out

Wet Air In
Desiccant Layer (H=0.2mm)
Air Flow Channel
L= 200 mm
Computational Domain

Mesh layer (.01

mm)

Governing Equations

Governing Equations

Governing Equations

Modeling dq/dt
Langmuir isotherm

b1 P
q qm (
)
1 b1 P
Sips isotherm

b2 P n
q qm (
)
n
1 b2 P
Langmuir-Sips isotherm

b1 P
b2 P n
q qm (

)
n
1 b1 P 1 b2 P
q: adsorption amount
P: vapor pressure of water
qm, b1, b2, and n are
constants

Saturated vapor pressure of water

P 133.32 exp ( 20.438

dq
k1st (qsat qt )
dt

5044
)
T

qsat: saturated adsorption

amount
K: relaxation coefficient

Boundary Conditions

Pressure and Velocity Distributi

on

Temperature Distribution (t=20sec)

Humidity Distribution (t=20sec)

Summary
Desiccant Air-conditioning unit is a promising
alternatives to conventional system considering its
environment friendliness and higher energy
efficiency.
Numerical
results
demonstrates
notable
dehumidification performance of proposed unit
which is yet to be validated by experiment.

Appendix-A

Appendix-B

Appendix-C