Preface
Contents
About theย Authors
1 State-of-the-Art Air-Conditioning Technologies
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Conventional Air Conditioning
1.3 Sorption Cooling
1.4 Thermoelectric Cooling
1.5 Electrocaloric Cooling
1.6 Magnetocaloric Cooling
1.7 Evaporative Cooling
1.8 Conclusions
References
2 Working Principles ofย Evaporative Cooling
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Direct Evaporative Cooling
2.3 Indirect Evaporative Cooling
2.4 Dew-Point Evaporative Cooling
2.5 Performance Evaluation
2.6 Conclusions
References
3 Engineering ofย Dew-Point Evaporative Coolers
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Test Standards
3.3 Flow Regime
3.4 Design Parameter
3.5 Heat andย Mass Exchanger
3.6 Operation Mode
3.7 Conclusions
References
4 Modeling ofย Dew-Point Evaporative Coolers
4.1 Introduction
4.2 General Lumped Parameter Model
4.3 Effectiveness-Number ofย Transfer Units (NTU) Model
4.4 Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) Model
4.5 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model
4.6 Data-Driven Model
4.7 Conclusions
References
5 Fundamental Analysis ofย Dew-Point Evaporative Cooler
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dominant Factors
5.3 Transient Response
5.4 Steady-State Performance
5.5 Heat andย Mass Transfer
5.6 Exergy Efficiency
5.7 Conclusions
References
6 Advanced Dew-Point Evaporative Cooling Systems
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Air Conditioning
6.3 Condenser
6.4 Cooling Tower
6.5 Gas Turbine
6.6 Conclusions
References