SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT OF WATER CONTENT OF A FLUID

摘要

A system includes a reservoir of liquid desiccant, a heat and mass exchanger, a heat source, an actuator and a controller. The heat and mass exchanger receives a flow of the liquid desiccant heated by the heat source and a gas such that water in the liquid desiccant can be transferred to the gas. The controller is configured to (1) receive a signal from a first sensor associated with an amount of water in the liquid desiccant and a signal from a second sensor associated with a heat energy of the heat source and a rate of heat transfer, (2) determine the amount of water in the liquid desiccant, and (3) send a signal to the actuator to cause a change to the heat energy of the heat source or the rate of heat transfer to change a water transfer rate from the liquid desiccant to the gas.