Performance of the direct evaporative cooler (DEC) operating in a hot and humid region of Sabah Malaysia

Zulkurnain Hassan and Mohd Suffian Misaran@Misran and Nancy Julius Siambun (2022) Performance of the direct evaporative cooler (DEC) operating in a hot and humid region of Sabah Malaysia. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 93. pp. 17-27. ISSN 2811-3950

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Abstract

In the last decade, energy consumption for air conditioning applications has been dramatically rising because of the growing global population and increasing comfort demand. Consequently, direct evaporative cooling (DEC) technology is emerging as an alternative to vapour compression air conditioners due to its lower environmental impacts, less energy consumption, and lower operating costs. This paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of direct evaporators in hot, humid environments like Malaysia. Inlet and outlet temperatures, saturation efficiency, cooling capability, and feasibility index are all used to evaluate results. The cooling medium was a rectangular honeycomb cooling pad with a length of 34 cm, a width of 25 cm, and a thickness of 3.5 cm. The temperature and humidity during the analysis were between 31 and 35oC and 47.5 and 65.5%, respectively. The results showed that the air output temperature varied between 28.4°C and 31.7°C, while the cooling capacity between 0.29 kW and 0.64 kW as well as the saturation efficiency between 46% to 80% could be achieved. The result also showed a feasibility index between 19 to 24. Due to the high value of the feasibility index, this evaporative cooling does not work well in the territory of Malaysia. A direct evaporative cooler may be made to work in humid places like Malaysia by drying the air before the evaporative process using the desiccant dehumidification concept.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Direct evaporative cooler , feasibility index , Performance , Saturation efficiency , Cooler capacity
Subjects:	T Technology > TH Building construction > TH1-9745 Building construction T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1-1185 Chemical technology > TP480-498 Low temperature engineering. Cryogenic engineering. Refrigeration
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2022 11:20
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2022 11:20
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33657

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