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interfacial area, when Onda model results nearly coincide with that <strong>of</strong> the<br />
conservative model <strong>of</strong> Shi <strong>and</strong> Mersmann [34]. Another important finding that has<br />
been discovered in the course <strong>of</strong> the present analysis is that the predicted wetted<br />
area by the modified Onda et al.’s correlation nearly coincides with that <strong>of</strong> Wagner et<br />
al. [40]. Based on these findings, the original <strong>and</strong> modified Onda et al.’s correlations<br />
will be used for describing the effective interfacial area <strong>and</strong> total wetted surface area<br />
in the column, respectively.<br />
4.2.3.5 Liquid-gas heat <strong>and</strong> mass transport coefficients<br />
Following the methodology <strong>of</strong> Klausner et al. [45], Individual mass transfer<br />
coefficients for liquid <strong>and</strong> gas sides are evaluated using Onda et al.’s [35]<br />
correlations. Applying analogy between heat <strong>and</strong> mass transfer, the individual <strong>and</strong><br />
overall heat transfer coefficients at the gas-liquid interface have been formulated<br />
based on the two resistance theory [45] as follows:.<br />
K<br />
l<br />
2 / 3<br />
1/ 3<br />
0.5<br />
L lg<br />
lD<br />
<br />
l<br />
0.0051<br />
<br />
( ad<br />
p)<br />
a<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
wl<br />
l<br />
l<br />
<br />
0.4<br />
(4.48)<br />
K<br />
g<br />
<br />
<br />
G<br />
C <br />
ag<br />
<br />
0.7<br />
g<br />
<br />
gD<br />
g<br />
1/ 3<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
( ad<br />
)<br />
2<br />
p<br />
aD<br />
g<br />
<br />
5.23<br />
C <br />
2<br />
d<br />
d<br />
p<br />
p<br />
0.015<br />
0.015<br />
(4.49)<br />
Where K l <strong>and</strong> K g are mass transfer coefficients on the liquid <strong>and</strong> gas sides<br />
respectively. Using analogy between heat <strong>and</strong> mass transfer, the heat transfer<br />
coefficients on each side (U l <strong>and</strong> U g ) <strong>and</strong> the overall heat transfer coefficient h lg are<br />
computed as follows [45]:<br />
U<br />
U<br />
l<br />
g<br />
L<br />
<br />
/ 1/ 2<br />
lc<br />
plkl<br />
Dl<br />
( ) 1 /3 / 2/ 3<br />
gcpg<br />
kg<br />
Dg<br />
1 1<br />
U<br />
U<br />
1<br />
K<br />
(4.50)<br />
K<br />
(4.51)<br />
g<br />
U h <br />
(4.52)<br />
gl<br />
l<br />
g<br />
A general empirical correlation for the condensation mass transfer coefficient at the<br />
gas-solid interface (i.e. condensation on dry <strong>PCM</strong> patches), which was originally<br />
developed by Sun <strong>and</strong> Besant [50] to calculate the adsorption rate <strong>of</strong> water vapor in a<br />
desiccant bed <strong>of</strong> silica gel particles, has been modified <strong>and</strong> introduced heuristically in<br />
the present model:<br />
k<br />
gs<br />
0.048Re<br />
0.3<br />
g<br />
<br />
M<br />
g<br />
P ( / D<br />
a<br />
G<br />
g<br />
g<br />
g<br />
)<br />
2 / 3<br />
(4.53)<br />
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