Experimental investigation of the performance of two-stage evaporative coolers

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 21-33

  Al Juwayhel, F I ^a   Al Haddad, A A ^a   Shaban, H I ^a   El Dessouky, Hisham T A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WATER COOLING TOWERS;

AIR SIDE PRESSURE; THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS; WATER MASS FLUX;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031116984     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457639708939893     Document Type: Article

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