Cooling performance of a 100% outdoor air system integrated with indirect and direct evaporative coolers

Energy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-257

  Kim, Min Hwi ^a   Jeong, Jae Weon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

100 outdoor air system; Direct evaporative cooler; Heat reclaim; Indirect evaporative cooler; Sensible heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

COOLING PERFORMANCE; DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER; HEAT RECLAIM; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; OUTDOOR-AIR SYSTEMS; VARIABLE-AIR-VOLUME SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VOLUME;

EID: 84875809381     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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