Run the wheel
Change rotation speed and regeneration heat and watch how the desiccant and the outlet air respond.
- Dry desiccant / dry air
- Moisture-loaded desiccant / moist air
Adsorption
Process air passes through the larger sector of the wheel. The desiccant attracts water vapour onto its surface, so drier air leaves the wheel.
Rotation
The wheel turns slowly, carrying moisture-loaded desiccant from the process sector into the regeneration sector.
Regeneration
A smaller stream of air is heated and passed through the wheel in the opposite direction. The heat releases the held moisture.
Exhaust
The warm, moist regeneration air is exhausted outdoors, and the dried desiccant rotates back into the process sector.