An Experimental Study on the Performance of a Cross-Flow-Type, Indirect Evaporative Cooler Made of Paper/Plastic Film

Title & Authors
An Experimental Study on the Performance of a Cross-Flow-Type, Indirect Evaporative Cooler Made of Paper/Plastic Film
Kwon, Mi-Hye; Go, Min-Geon; Kim, Nae-Hyun;

Abstract
In Korea, a typically hot and humid summer means that air-conditioners consume a large quantity of electricity; accordingly, the simultaneous usage of an indirect evaporative cooler may reduce the sensible-heat level and save the amount of electricity that is consumed. In this study, the heat-transfer and pressure-drop characteristics of an indirect evaporative cooler made of paper/plastic film were investigated under both dry and wet conditions; for the purpose of comparison, an indirect evaporative cooler made of plastic film was also tested. Our results show that the indirect evaporative efficiencies under a wet condition are greater than those under a dry condition, and the efficiencies of the paper/plastic sample (109% to 138%) are greater than those (67% to 89%) of the plastic sample; in addition, the wet-surface, indirect evaporative efficiencies of the paper/plastic sample are 32% to 36% greater than those of the plastic sample. Further, the wet-surface pressure drops of the paper/plastic sample are 13% to 23% larger than those of the plastic sample, and this might have been caused by the surface roughness of the samples. A rigorous heat-transfer analysis revealed that, for the plastic sample, 30% to 37% of the wet channels remained dry, whereas all of the channels were wet for the paper/plastic sample.
Keywords
Indirect Evaporative Cooler;Paper;Plastic;Performance;
Language
Korean
Cited by
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Recent Progress in Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Research : A Review of Papers Published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering in 2015, Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, 2016, 28, 6, 256
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