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dc.contributor.authorZubair, Syed M.
dc.contributor.authorSummers, Edward K
dc.contributor.authorLienhard, John H.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-20T20:58:01Z
dc.date.available2018-12-20T20:58:01Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-7918-4942-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119809
dc.description.abstractRelative to solar water heaters, solar air heaters have received relatively little investigation and have resulted in few commercial products. However, in the context of a Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Desalination cycle, air heating accounts for advantages in cycle performance. Solar collectors can be over 40% of an air-heated HDH system’s cost, thus design optimization is crucial. Best design practices and sensitivity to material properties for solar air heaters are investigated, and absorber solar absorptivity and glazing transmissivity are found to have the strongest effect on performance. Wind speed is also found to have an impact on performance. Additionally a well designed, and likely low cost, collector includes a double glazing and roughened absorber plates for superior heat transfer to the airstream. A collector in this configuration performs better than current collectors with an efficiency of 58% at a normalized gain of 0.06 Km[superscript 2]/W.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT and KFUPMen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineersen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-23214en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceASMEen_US
dc.titleAir-Heating Solar Collectors for Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Systemsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationSummers, Edward K., John H. Lienhard, and Syed M. Zubair. “Air-Heating Solar Collectors for Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Systems.” Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, 8-13 August, 2010, Washington, D.C., ASME, 2010. © 2010 by ASMEen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorSummers, Edward K
dc.contributor.mitauthorLienhard, John H.
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conferenceen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2018-12-12T18:12:39Z
dspace.orderedauthorsSummers, Edward K.; Lienhard, John H.; Zubair, Syed M.en_US
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-0638
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US


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