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A Computational Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in an Indirect Evaporative Cooler Using the Spray Dryer Model
by Torsten Berning, Henrik Sørensen and Mads Pagh Nielsen
Energies 2024, 17(11), 2676; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112676 - 31 May 2024
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Indirect evaporative coolers (IECs) for air conditioning rely on liquid water being sprayed into the exhaust stream of used air to induce evaporation and cool down the incoming stream of fresh air in an indirect heat exchanger. This paper describes a computational fluid [...] Read more.
Indirect evaporative coolers (IECs) for air conditioning rely on liquid water being sprayed into the exhaust stream of used air to induce evaporation and cool down the incoming stream of fresh air in an indirect heat exchanger. This paper describes a computational fluid dynamics analysis that makes use of the particle transport model to simulate the evaporation of the water droplets at the exhaust side of an IEC using a pre-implemented spray dryer model. Critical parameters include the average size of the droplets and the amount of water sprayed into the system. In addition to droplet evaporation, the evaporation of water from the wet wall on the exhaust side is accounted for. The results show the calculated temperature field in both air streams, the pressure distribution, the relative humidity distribution at the exhaust side and the particle tracks. The predicted wet bulb efficiency of around 30–35% is moderate but in agreement with the literature to date, and it can be attributed to the small heat exchanger size. A parametric study investigated the effect of the droplet size and mass flow rate. At an average size of 50 microns and below, the effect of the mass flow rate is quite strong, while at a higher droplet size the mass flow effect is small. Overall, the model can be used to shed fundamental understanding in order to increase the performance of the IEC while maintaining its compactness. Full article
(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Heat Transfer Enhancement)
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