The aim of the present study was to determine effects of artificial drought stress on the characteristics of germination and seedling growth in bread wheat cultivars. The material of experiment consisted of seeds obtained from eight bread wheat cultivars with different response to drought (Alpu 2001, Sultan 95, Konya 2002, Eser as sensitive cultivars; Karahan 99, Tosunbey, Kate A1 as resista...

This study introduces an experimental and theoretical investigation of the performance of a proposed air dehumidification system using a nanofluid of γ-alumina nano-particles in LiBr/H2O as a desiccant. Comparative experiments organized using a central composite design were carried out to evaluate the effects of six numerical factors (air velocity, desiccant flow rate, air humidity ratio, desic...

Harvesting atmospheric water by solar regenerated desiccants is a promising source that energy-efficient, environmentally clean, and viable. However, the generated amounts of are still insignificant. Therefore, more intensive fundamental research must be undertaken involving experiments modeling. This paper describes several experiments, which were conducted to predict improve behavior absorpti...

Abstract A liquid desiccant cooling system (LDCS) is a promising energy-saving air-conditioning with the advantages of being driven by low-grade heat and excellent humidity control ability. However, problems high energy consumption low utilization efficiency its regenerator limit further development. To improve, novel solar interfacial regeneration (SIR) method proposed. The can convert into lo...

Conventional air conditioners (AC) operate on vapor compression refrigeration (VCR) technology, which is a heavy consumer of electricity, and the used refrigerants harm environment. In humid hot areas, liquid desiccant AC system integrated with VCR has been proposed as better alternative to traditional standalone system, it an energy-efficient that can remove latent load, pollutants from proces...

The membrane-based desiccant liquid air dehumidification system is a promising technology for efficient humidity control in buildings. use of membrane module allows, among other things, compact design with relatively large heat and mass transfer area eliminates carryover solution droplets. In this paper, cross-flow, hollow-fiber was proposed regeneration lithium chloride. A two-dimensional mode...