Characterizing the performance of alternative evaporative cooling pad media in thermal environmental control applications

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1391-1417

  Liao, Chung Min ^a   Singh, Sher ^a   Wang, Tin Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evaporative cooling; Heat mass transfer; Pad fan; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DENSITY OF GASES; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PRESSURE DROP; SPECIFIC HEAT OF GASES; WIND TUNNELS;

LEWIS NUMBER; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; WIND;

EID: 0032188981     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529809376795     Document Type: Article

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