Membrane and Coating-Based Built Environmental Control Technologies

Li-Zhi Zhang, Ronghui Qi, Rongrong Cai, Chuanshuai Dong

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443341960
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Industrielle & technische Chemie

Membrane and Coating-Based Built Environmental Control Technologies addresses the urgent need for energy-saving and low-carbon solutions in the HVAC industry. With air conditioning accounting for a significant portion of energy consumption, this book explores technologies such as total heat recovery, air dehumidification, PM2.5 purification, and anti-frosting and anti-dewing. The utilization of membranes and coatings in these technologies has shown promising results in efficiency and indoor environment control. It provides a comprehensive overview of these advancements, including principles, material fabrications, performance analysis methods, and design guidelines.The book fills the gap in the market by offering an up-to-date reference that covers traditional and novel applications of membranes and coatings. It includes applications in areas like total heat recovery, air humidification and dehumidification, PM2.5 filtration, anti-frosting, and self-cleaning. It also provides mathematical models and numerical schemes to address heat and mass transfer challenges. Overall, it serves as a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, and students in the field of built environmental control technologies. - Introduces novel membrane and coating technologies and materials for indoor air treatment - Applies multi-scale multi-phase models to analyze and solve heat and mass transport in components, providing a comprehensive understanding of the processes involved - Summarizes performance optimization guidelines and development directions, offering valuable insights for engineers in designing HVAC equipment

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1 An introduction to membrane and coating-based built environmental control technologies
• Chapter 2 Membrane based total heat recovery
• Chapter 3 Membrane based air humidification
• Chapter 4 Membrane based air dehumidification
• Chapter 5 Proton exchange membrane-based air dehumidification
• Chapter 6 Electret fiber membrane for particulate matter (PM2.5) filtration
• Chapter 7 Superhydrophobic coatings for self-cleaning
• Chapter 8 Superhydrophobic coatings for antifrosting
• Chapter 9 Membrane-based solar-driven desalination
• Chapter 10 Membrane interfacial evaporation desalination
• Chapter 11 Membrane-based power generation from humidity
• Index