Afrasiabian, E.E.AfrasiabianIliev, O.O.IlievShklyar, I.I.ShklyarPrill, T.T.PrillIsetti, C.C.IsettiLazzari, S.S.Lazzari2022-03-062022-03-062019https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/26666610.1093/ijlct/ctz033A 3D computational fluid dynamics model was adopted to study the effects of internal cooling on the performance of a three-fluid combined membrane contactor (3F-CMC), in the presence of minitubes in solution and a spacer in the air channel. This compact 3F-CMC is part of a hybrid climate-control system, recently developed for serving in electric vehicles. For the studied operating conditions, results show that the absorption and sensible effectiveness parameters increase up to 77% and 124% by internal cooling, respectively. This study also reports 3D flow effects on the heat and mass transfer enhancement inside the contactor, with implications for further design improvements.en003006519journal article