Theoretical model to estimate the thermal performance of an evaporative wind tower placed in an open space

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3023-3030

  Soutullo, S ^a   Sanchez, M N ^a   Olmedo, R ^a   Heras, M R ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaporative systems; Lineal regression; TRNSYS model; Wind tower

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC COOLING; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; COOLING POWER; ENERGY ESTIMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATIVE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INJECTED WATER; LINEAL REGRESSION; MASS EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPEN SPACE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMULATION TOOL; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRNSYS MODEL; WATER OPERATIONS; WET BULB DEPRESSION; WIND TOWER; WIND TOWERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NOZZLE DESIGN; TOWERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COOLING; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN SPACE; RADIATION BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND POWER;

EID: 79957795853     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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