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Experimental investigation of a super performance dew point air cooler

Xu, Peng; Ma, Xiaoli; Zhao, Xudong; Fancey, Kevin

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Peng Xu



Abstract

This paper presents an experimental investigation of a super performance dew point air cooler which, by employing a super performance wet material layer, innovative heat and mass exchanger and intermittent water supply scheme, has achieved a significantly higher energy efficiency (i.e. Coefficient of Performance, COP) and a much lower electrical energy use compared to the existing air coolers of the same type. This involves the dedicated system design & construction, fully planned experimental testing under various simulated climatic conditions representing the climate of hot & dry, warm & dry, moderate, warm & humid and standard lab testing condition, testing results analysis and discussion, as well as the parallel comparison against the commercial dew point air cooler. Under the standard test condition, i.e. dry bulb temperature of 37.8 °C and coincident wet bulb temperature of 21.1 °C, the prototype cooler achieved the wet-bulb cooling effectiveness of 114% and dew-point cooling effectiveness of 75%, yielding a significantly high COP value of 52.5 at the optimal working air ratio of 0.364. The testing also indicated that the lower inlet air relative humidity led to a higher cooling efficiency, while the lower cooling output helped increase COP and cooling effectiveness (including the wet-bulb effectiveness and dew-point effectiveness) of the cooler.

Citation

Xu, P., Ma, X., Zhao, X., & Fancey, K. (2017). Experimental investigation of a super performance dew point air cooler. Applied energy, 203, 761-777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.095

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 28, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 4, 2017
Publication Date 2017-10
Deposit Date Jun 30, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jun 30, 2017
Journal Applied energy
Print ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 203
Pages 761-777
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.095
Keywords General Energy; Mechanical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Building and Construction
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/453142
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261917308528
Additional Information This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Applied energy, 2017. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.
Contract Date Jun 30, 2017

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