Instrumented Evaporative Cooler: An Experiment in Psychrometrics

Authors

Said Shakerin, University of the PacificFollow
Abraham Contreras

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

ISSN

0949-149X

Volume

28

Issue

3

DOI

10.7227/IJMEE.28.3.5

First Page

221

Last Page

226

Publication Date

7-1-2000

Abstract

An instrumented evaporative cooler was developed for use in an undergraduate laboratory in psychrometrics. The air temperature and relative humidity at the inlet and outlet, and the air flow and water consumption rates were measured. Given the experimental data for the inlet air and water, the outlet air properties were predicted using psychrometric equations, and a good comparison was found with the experimental result.

Recommended Citation

Shakerin, S., & Contreras, A. (2000). Instrumented Evaporative Cooler: An Experiment in Psychrometrics. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 28(3), 221–226. DOI: 10.7227/IJMEE.28.3.5
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/soecs-facarticles/103