Study of mist-cooling for semi-enclosed spaces in Osaka, Japan

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 228-238

  Farnham, Craig ^a   Nakao, Masaki ^a   Nishioka, Masatoshi ^a   Nabeshima, Minako ^a   Mizuno, Takeo ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b H Ikeuchi and Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporative cooling; Heat island; Mist; Spray nozzle; Urban spaces

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING SYSTEMS; DROPS; EVAPORATION; FOG; SPRAY NOZZLES; URBAN PLANNING; WETTING;

COOLING EFFECTS; DROPLET DIAMETERS; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN SPACES;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79955442579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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