Cross-Contamination Test of an Enthalpy Wheel Loading a Strong Acidic Cation Ion-Exchange Resin or 3A Zeolite as a Desiccant Material
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- Kodama Akio
- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
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Abstract
Enthalpy wheels have been widely used for achieving comfortable air-conditioning with low energy consumption. Desiccant materials such as silica gel and molecular sieves are used so as to give it a latent heat exchanging function. However, this important function has become the cause of cross-contamination because substances with offensive odors are also adsorbed onto desiccants. In this study, cross-contamination of an enthalpy wheel consisting of ion-exchange resin particles as a desiccant material is examined and compared with a commercialized 3A zeolite wheel. It is found that the ion-exchange resin type wheel shows a smaller cross-contamination ratio than the other for all contaminants tested in this study, i.e. ammonia, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde and propane, although water-soluble and smaller contaminants such as ammonia still indicated a higher contamination ratio.
Journal
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- JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN 43 (10), 901-905, 2010
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204568702976
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- NII Article ID
- 10028157306
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- NII Book ID
- AA00709658
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- ISSN
- 18811299
- 00219592
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- NDL BIB ID
- 10921521
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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