Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution

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Autores: Tejero González, Ana, Franco Salas, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Valladolid
Repositorio:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.423
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/51016
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Palabra clave:Air conditioning
Cooling efficiency
Direct evaporative cooling
Evaporative cooling pads
Performance assessment
33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
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spelling Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solutionTejero González, AnaFranco Salas, AntonioAir conditioningCooling efficiencyDirect evaporative coolingEvaporative cooling padsPerformance assessment33 Ciencias TecnológicasProducción CientíficaEvaporative cooling has a major role to play in fighting climate change and in achieving a low-carbon economy. As it helps to reduce energy demand for air conditioning, it is gaining attention in terms of improving energy efficiency in buildings. Evaporative cooling from wetted media can enhance water–air contact, thereby improving heat and mass transfer further and avoiding aerosols. Wetted media are commonly called evaporative cooling pads and are widely used in greenhouses, intensive livestock farming, and industrial facilities. However, a deep understanding of evaporative cooling pad performance can enhance their application to indoor occupied spaces such as residential or commercial cooling, or in hybrid air conditioning systems. Most studies analyze pad performance mainly in terms of pressure drop and saturation effectiveness. However, some studies propose alternative cooling efficiency parameters and others provide insights into key aspects such as power requirements and the coefficient of performance, water consumption, risk of water entrainment, material decay, and air quality, as well as the effect of water temperature and salinity, solar radiation, or wind speed. Existing results on these less studied performance issues are reviewed, and we identify the gaps in the literature in addition to highlighting the main challenges encountered, in an effort to guide future researchers in the field and enhance the application of direct evaporative cooling.Junta de Castilla y León - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (grant VA272P18)Wiley2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1002/wene.423https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/51016reponame:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolidinstname:Universidad de ValladolidIngléshttps://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wene.423info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/510162026-06-13T12:44:47Z
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title Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
spellingShingle Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
Tejero González, Ana
Air conditioning
Cooling efficiency
Direct evaporative cooling
Evaporative cooling pads
Performance assessment
33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
title_short Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
title_full Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
title_fullStr Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
title_full_unstemmed Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
title_sort Direct evaporative cooling from wetted surfaces: Challenges for a clean air conditioning solution
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tejero González, Ana
Franco Salas, Antonio
author Tejero González, Ana
author_facet Tejero González, Ana
Franco Salas, Antonio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Air conditioning
Cooling efficiency
Direct evaporative cooling
Evaporative cooling pads
Performance assessment
33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
topic Air conditioning
Cooling efficiency
Direct evaporative cooling
Evaporative cooling pads
Performance assessment
33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
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