A NEW APPROACH TO HEAT AND MOISTURE REGENERATION 
IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM OF ROOMS. 
II. PROTOTYPE OF THE REAL DEVICE

Yu. I. Aristov,a I. V. Mezentsev,b
and V. A. Mukhinc

UDC 697.978

This paper presents the results of investigations conducted 
on the real prototype of a regenerator whose operating conditions 
depended on the weather conditions during the testing (winter of 2004). 
It has been shown that the heat and moisture recovery coefficients 
can be purposefully and independently regulated over a wide range 
by selecting the quantity of the adsorbent and heat-accumulating medium. 
The use of the proposed device in the ventilation system of a standard 
two-room apartment under the conditions of Novosibirsk can lead to 
a 44% reduction of heating costs annually.

aInstitute of Catalysis, Siberian 
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 5 akad. Lavrentiyev Ave., 
Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; email: aristov@catalysis.nsc.su; 
bInstitute of Thermal Physics, Siberian Branch 
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk; email: mezn@ngs.ru; 
cSiberian University of Communications, 
Novosibirsk. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 
79, No. 3, pp. 151-157, May-June, 2006. Original article submitted 
May 13, 2005.