Performance of cool towers under various climates in Jordan

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1031-1035

  Badran, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cool towers; Evaporative cooling; Jordan; Natural cooling; Wind catchers

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; WIND EFFECTS;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 0042012853     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(03)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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