Empirical correlation of cooling efficiency and transport phenomena of direct evaporative cooler

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-55

  Sheng, Chenguang ^a   Agwu Nnanna, A G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling performance; Direct evaporative cooling; Dry bulb, and wet bulb; Energy efficiency; Frontal air temperature; Frontal air velocity; HVAC R; Supply water temperature

Indexed keywords

COOLING PERFORMANCE; DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; DRY BULBS; FRONTAL AIR TEMPERATURE; FRONTAL AIR VELOCITY; SUPPLY WATER TEMPERATURE;

COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; TEMPERATURE; WETTING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857271268     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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