eprintid: 19476 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/94/76 datestamp: 2024-06-04 14:11:56 lastmod: 2024-06-04 14:11:56 status_changed: 2024-06-04 14:05:48 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Raza, A. creators_name: Shakir Nasif, M. creators_name: Al-Waked, R. title: Numerical Investigation of LAMEE in Different Weather Conditions by Varying Solution Concentration with Air Inlet Humidity Ratio ispublished: pub keywords: Air intakes; Driers (materials); Meteorology, Condition; Cross-flow configuration; Doublings; Indirect contact; Inlet humidity ratio; Malaysians; Numerical investigations; Semi-permeable membranes; Solution concentration; Water vapour, Humidity control note: cited By 0; Conference of 7th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability, ICPER 2020 ; Conference Date: 14 July 2020 Through 16 July 2020; Conference Code:284729 abstract: LAMEE is an indirect contact air dehumidifier, and it also works as a solution regenerator.It has resolved carry over problem of desiccant solution by using a semi-permeable membrane which is permeable to water vapours only.A numerical model of cross flow configuration LAMEE has been made for investigating its performance under Malaysian and Pakistani weather conditions.In this model, desiccant solution concentration has varied from 40 to 50, and inlet humidity ratio of air is increased twice and thrice for observing the effect on sensible as well as latent effectiveness.With desiccant solution concentration 50 increases latent effectiveness by 8.4, while doubling inlet humidity ratio of air enhances latent effectiveness by 1.7 under Malaysian weather condition.In contrast, latent effectiveness is increased by 2.3 with 50 solution concentration and 1.24 by doubling inlet air humidity ratio under Pakistani weather condition.Sensible effectiveness does not vary significantly in all cases. © 2023, Institute of Technology PETRONAS Sdn Bhd. date: 2023 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140785029&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-19-1939-8_32&partnerID=40&md5=32a8da9286acea216b322a80823e8655 id_number: 10.1007/978-981-19-1939-8₃₂ full_text_status: none publication: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering pagerange: 407-418 refereed: TRUE citation: Raza, A. and Shakir Nasif, M. and Al-Waked, R. (2023) Numerical Investigation of LAMEE in Different Weather Conditions by Varying Solution Concentration with Air Inlet Humidity Ratio. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. pp. 407-418.