Indirect evaporative cooling: Past, present and future potentials

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 6823-6850

  Duan, Zhiyin ^a   Zhan, Changhong ^b   Zhang, Xingxing ^a   Mustafa, Mahmud ^a   Zhao, Xudong ^a   Alimohammadisagvand, Behrang ^c   Hasan, Ala ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Energy efficiency; Heat and mass exchanger; Heat and mass transfer; Indirect evaporative cooling; Research

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMMERCE; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW OF WATER; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT PIPES; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFRIGERATION; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; MASS EXCHANGERS; MECHANICAL VAPOUR COMPRESSION; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84867125339     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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