Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of a compact wet air-to-air plate heat exchanger

The experimental data obtained in this work has been used to extend the validity of a recently developed numerical model for a wet air-to-air plate heat exchanger expanding its working range of hot-side and cold-side moist air inlet conditions, airflow conditions and ducting configurations and duct aspect ratios. This model provides for a quantitative approach when engineering emerging advanced domestic scale dehumidification and heat pump clothes drying systems.