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Etude expérimentale sur les caractéristiques de la performance de l'écoulement thermique d'un refroidisseur évaporatif.

Experimental investigation into the thermal-flow performance characteristics of an evaporative cooler.

Auteurs : HEYNS J. A., KRÖGER D. G.

Type d'article : Article

Résumé

This study investigates the thermal-flow performance characteristics of an evaporative cooler. The derivation of the Poppe and Merkel analysis for evaporative coolers are presented and discussed. Performance tests were conducted on an evaporative cooler consisting of 15 tube rows with 38.1 mm outer diameter galvanized steel tubes arranged in a 76.2 mm triangular pattern. From the experimental results, correlations for the water film heat transfer coefficient, air-water mass transfer coefficient and air-side pressure drop are developed. The experimental tests show that the water film heat transfer coefficient is a function of the air mass velocity, deluge water mass velocity as well as the deluge water temperature, while the air-water mass transfer coefficient is a function of the air mass velocity and the deluge water mass velocity. It was found that the correlations obtained for the water film heat transfer coefficient and the air-water mass transfer coefficient compare well with the correlations given by Mizushina et al. Relatively little published information is available for predicting the air-side pressure drop across deluged tube bundles. This study shows that the pressure drop across the bundle is a function of the air mass velocity and the deluge water mass velocity. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2009].

Détails

  • Titre original : Experimental investigation into the thermal-flow performance characteristics of an evaporative cooler.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2011-0082
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 30 - n. 5
  • Date d'édition : 05/2010
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.10.010

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