Modeling, evaluation and application potential of two stage indirect/direct evaporative air coolers

6th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Heidarinejad, Ghassem ^a   Bozorgmehr, Mojtaba ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING PERFORMANCE; CROSS-FLOW CONFIGURATION; DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; VAPOR COMPRESSION COOLING;

WETTING;

EID: 78049391074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-5690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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