Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9416800
APP PUB NO 20140014212A1
SERIAL NO

13924732

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A carrier-gas mixture is directed through a fluid flow path in a combined heat and mass transfer device, which can be operated at sub-atmospheric pressure. Heat and mass are transferred from or to the carrier-gas mixture via interaction with a liquid composition that includes a vaporizable component in a liquid state to substantially change the content of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture via evaporation or condensation. The mass flow rate of the carrier-gas mixture is varied by extracting or injecting the carrier-gas mixture from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path, and/or the mass flow rate of the liquid composition is varied by extracting or injecting the liquid composition from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path; and the flow of the carrier-gas mixture or the liquid composition is regulated to reduce the average local enthalpy pinch in the device.

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY77 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

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Antar, Mohammed A Dhahran, SA 2 61
Chehayeb, Karim M Beirut, LB 14 210
Das, Sarit K Cambridge, US 2 61
Govindan, Prakash Narayan Cambridge, US 74 1252
Lienhard, John H Lexington, US 39 905
McGovern, Ronan K Cambridge, US 23 385
Thiel, Gregory P Cambridge, US 11 326
Zubair, Syed M Dhahran, SA 15 277

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