Characterizing effects of temperature and humidity on misting evaporative efficiency

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1801-1809

  Singletary, I B ^a,b   Bottcher, R W ^a,c   Baughman, G R ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Aerotech Inc   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplets; Evaporative cooling; Fogging; Misting systems

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; FARM BUILDINGS; FLOW OF WATER; FOG; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

MISTING EFFICIENCY; PSYCHROMETRIC PARAMETERS; WET BULB DEPRESSION;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030300970     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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