A new approach to analysis and optimization of evaporative cooling system I: Theory

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2448-2454

  Chen, Qun ^a,b   Yang, Kangding ^a   Wang, Moran ^c   Pan, Ning ^b   Guo, Zeng Yuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Evaporative cooling; Moisture entransy and dissipation; Temperature potential; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; ENDOTHERMIC ABILITY; ENTRANSY DISSIPATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MOIST AIR; NEW APPROACHES; NEW CONCEPT; OUTPUT RATE; SENSIBLE HEAT; THERMAL RESISTANCE; TOTAL LOSS;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; ENDOTHERMY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953134021     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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