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NUMERICAL STUDY OF A MAISOTSENKO CYCLE By TAHANI ALSADIK B.S., University of Omar Almakter, 2004 A thesis Submitted to the University of Colorado Denver In partial fulfillment Of the Requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering 2011

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NUMERICAL STUDY OF A MAISOTSENKO CYCLE

By

TAHANI ALSADIK

B.S., University of Omar Almakter, 2004

A thesis Submitted to the

University of Colorado Denver

In partial fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the degree of

Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering

2011

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This thesis for the Master of Mechanical Engineering

Degree by

Tahani Alsadik

has been approved

by

Trapp. John

Date

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Alsadik, Tahani (M.S., Mechanical Engineering)

Numerical Study of a Maisotsenko Cycle

Thesis directed by Associate Professor Peter .E. Jenkins and Samuel W.J. Welch

ABSTRACT

A new type of evaporative cooling system for sensible cooling of air is

proposed and analyzed by using the conservation of energy and the conservation of

mass principles. Conventionally, one- dimensional differential equations were used

to describe the heat and mass transfer processes. In this thesis, analytical and

numerical solutions are developed for heat and mass transfer processes to predid

the behavior of dew point evaporative systems. The Maisotsenko cycle is present· as

an alternative to indirect evaporative cooling system, which will improve the

performances of the process. The efficiency of the cycle can be increased by utilizing

different inlet air conditions. In this thesis, analytical correlations of heat and mass

transfer are developed for the dew point evaporative cooling systems, subject to

various operating conditions. The analysis is performed for air in contact with water

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various operating conditions. The analysis is performed for air in contact with water

film in the wet side and air in the dry side. Validation of the model is performed by

comparisons with previous study about the dew point evaporative systems.

This abstract accurately represents the content of candidate's thesis. I recommend

its publication.

Signed __ ~-~-----Peter .E. Jenkins

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

There are several people I would like to acknowledge for the help they have

given to me during the preparation of this thesis. I would not have been able to do it

without them; I would like to express my most sincere gratitude and appreciation to

my advisors, Professor Samuel W.J. Welch and Professor Peter .E. Jenkins for

providing me with unique opportunity to work in this research area, for their expert

guidance and mentorship, and for their encouragement and support at all levels.

I am grateful to all members all Mechanical Engineering Department

especially the program assistant Petrina M. Morgan, the student assistance Rachel

Haggerty.

I would like to thank my family, and especially my parents ldress and Lila, for

supporting me across the oceans and being proud of me without questions. In

addition, I would like to thank my brothers and special thanks to my brother Awoth,

and my sister Mabroka for support, help, and encouragement.

And last but not least, I would like to express my eternal gratitude to my

husband, Fawzi. Much honor in this degree belongs to him for his everlasting love

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and support. Thank you for giving me a chance to improve myself though all walks of

my life.

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CONTENTS

List of Figures - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x

List of Tables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - xii

Nomenclature - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -xiii

Chapter

!.Introduction ------------ - ---------------------- ------------ 1

1.1 Background - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

1.2 Objective - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5

1.3 Scientific Method -- - -- - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - -- - - -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - - -7

1.3.1 Basic Concept of Modeling Using Computer Simulation----------- 7

2.Description of Dew Point Evaporative------ ------------------------ 8

3. Mathematical Model of Dew Point Evaporative Cooling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13

3.1 Differential Equations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -14

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3.1.1 Basic equation of heat and mass transfer------------------ 14

3.1.2 Mass Transfer------------------------------------- 15

3.1.3 Heat Transfer to Air--------------------------------- 17

3.1.4 Total Energy Transfer to Air--- - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- -- - - -21

3.2 The Cooling Effectiveness - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24

3.3 Ordinary Differential Equations -- - -- - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - -- -- 24

3.4 Heat-Transfer and Mass Transfer Coefficients - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26

3.5 Auxiliary Equations --- - - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- - - 27

4.Simulation Program- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29

4.1 Finite Difference Method---------------------------------- -29

4.2Finite difference approximations to the equations- -- - -- -- - - - - -- - - -- 30

S.Results and Discussion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -34

5.1 Model validation- -- - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - -- - - 34

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5.2 Test Model Design- -- - - - -- - - -- -- - - - -- - - - - -- - -- - --- - -- - -- - 38

5.2.1 Case 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38

5.2.2 Case 2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -43

5.3 Impact of Other Parameters---------------------------------- -46

5.3.11mpact of Inlet Air Temperature---------------------------- 46

5.3.2 Impact of Ratio of Working to Total Air Mass Flow Rate----------- 48

5.3.3 Impact of channel length------------------- -------------- -49

5.3.4 Impact of Air Velocity------------------- -----------------50

5.4 Comparisons the Dew Pointe Evaporative with the Indirect Evaporative

Cooling ------------------- ----------------------------------51

6.Conclusions and Recommendations------- --------------------- 57

References------------------------------------------------ 60

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figurel. 1 Schematic of heat and mass transfer indirect evaporative cooling----- 3

Figure 2.1 Schematic of heat and mass transfer in dew point evaporative

cooling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -9

Figure 2.2 The psychometric processes for the dew point evaporative-------- -10

Figure 2.3 Schematic of a differential control volume--------------------- 12

Figure 5.1: Temperature distributions of the process air and the wall surface

along the channel length ----------------------------------------- 35

Figure 5.2: Humidity distributions of the process air along the channel

length-------------------------------------------------------36

Figure 5.3: Psychometric indication of heat and moisture transfer in an Indirect

evaporative cooling system -------------------------------------- -39

Figure 5.4: Temperature distribution of air in the dry channel---------------- 41

Figure 5.5: Temperature distribution of air in the wet channel---------------- 41

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Figure 5.6: Temperature distribution of air in the wall surface--------------- -42

Figure 5.7: Humidity distribution of air in the wet channel------------------ -43

Figure 5.8: Temperature distribution of air in the dry channel---------------- 44

Figure 5.9: Temperature distribution of air in the wet channel--------------- -45

Figure 5.10: Temperature distribution of air in the wall surface-------------- -45

Figure 5.11: Humidity distribution of air in the wet channel ----------------- -46

Figure 5.12: Impact of Inlet Air Temperature on cooling effectiveness---------- 47

Figure 5.13: Impact of ratio of working to total air mass Flow rate on cooling

effectiveness- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -48

Figure 5.14: Impact of channel length on cooling effectiveness--------------- 49

Figure 5.15: Impact of Air Velocity on cooling effectiveness----------------- -50

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 5.1: Operational Conditions for Simulation in Test easel --------------- 36

Table 5.2: Problems parameters for the dew point evaporative-------------- -37

Table 5.3: Numerical results for the indirect evaporative cooling------------- -53

Table 5.4: Numerical results for the dew point evaporative cooling------------ 53

Table 5.5: Performance data for different flow arrangements under different

Operations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 55

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NOMENCLATURE

a width, m

Cpa Specific heat of dry air, kJ/kg°C

Cps Specific heat of moist air, kJ/kg°C

Cpw Specific heat of water vapor, kJ/kg°C

Cw Specific heat of water, kJ/kg°C

d Equivalent diameter of the air passage, m

h5 Heat transfer coefficient of the air in the wet side, w/m2 °C

ha Heat transfer coefficient of the air in the dry side, w/m2°C

hm Mass transfer coefficient, kg/m2s

htg Latent heat of vaporization at 0°C; htg = 2500.8, k] /kg

H Specific enthalpy, kj /kg

K thermal conductivity of dry air w/m oc

L Channel length, m

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Le Lewis number

rh5 Mass flow rate of working air in the wet side, kg Is

rha Mass flow rate of intake air in the dry side, kg Is

rhw Mass flow rate of water, kg Is

Nu Nusselt number

P Total pressure of air,kN 1m2

Ppw Partial pressure of water vapor in air, kN 1m2

Q Heat flux, W

r working air to intake air ratio kg I kg

T Temperature, oc

W Mass flow rate of water vapor, kg Is

Z height of control volume, m

Creek Symbols

w Humidity ratio

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p Density of air, kgjm3

Effectiveness of efficiency

Subscripts

a air ,product air

pw water vapor

w Waterfilm

s Secondary air

dew Dew point

wb Wet bulb

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1. Introduction

1.1 Backgrounds

In recent years, the use of water evaporative cooling systems has increased

substantially and they are now used in almost all new cooling systems. The

technology has become easier to use by adding water in the wall of the air supply

duct to lower air temperature. The design of evaporative water cooling systems has

become more important due to the limitation of fossil fuels and the environmental

impact during their use. However, recent reports have pointed to the fact that

cooling systems must now reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the

solution must be environmentally friendly and must not use a lot of fuel energy.

There have been a number of studies on the development-of methods to provide

possible solutions for designing efficient cooling systems. Therefore, this study will

provide information about the variables that play a part in determining which

cooling system designs have a good level of performance and a high efficiency.

The evaporative cooling system is a device that cools the air by the

evaporation of water in the air, thus increasing humidity and decreasing the air

temperature. Currently there are two types of evaporative cooling systems, which

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are known as the direct and indirect evaporative cooling systems. A new system

that uses both kinds of evaporative cooling systems together has a good potential

for improving the air conditioning performance and for reducing energy costs.

Direct evaporative cooling systems cool the air simply by using the latent

heat of evaporation. At the same time, the moisture is added directly to the air

when the air passes the channel. Therefore, the relative humidity of the air is

increasing. The effectiveness of the direct evaporative cooling systems approaches

70-95% [1, 2].

The advantage of using the direct evaporative coolers is that they are more

efficient in hot and dry climates. Furthermore, the energy costs of using these kinds

of evaporation coolers are very low. However, the direct evaporative cooler has a

problem when used in a high air humidity environment and the output temperature

becomes uncomfortable when the humidity is over 60%. Therefore, one solution to

resolving the problem of high humidity in the direct evaporative cooler is by using a

second airstream to avoid direct contact between the air stream and the water. This

process is known as indirect evaporative cooling as shown in Figurel.l.

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Intake air Outlet air

(Ambient) (Product)

> Dry channel Qs > Exhausted to

Atmosphere wet channel Q, < I

< Working air

Figure 1.1: Schematic of Heat and Mass Transfer Indirect Evaporative Cooling

Indirect evaporative cooling takes advantage of the direct evaporation

cooling effects by cooling the outdoor air, but without raising the moisture in the air.

The indirect evaporative uses an air-to-air heat exchanger that lowers the air

temperature and removes heat from the primary air stream. There are a number of

indirect evaporative configurations that could be considered. However, for this

research, the configuration used consists of two distinct air passages: the dry

channel for the primary air, and the wet channel for the secondary air passage.

Thermodynamically, an indirect evaporative air cooler passes the product air

in the dry side while the working air passes over the wet channel in the opposite

side. The wet side absorbs heat from the dry side by evaporative water, while

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cooling the dry side as the latent heat of vaporizing water is given to the wet side of

air. In theory, by adiabatic humidification, the air stream in the dry side is cooled and

almost reaches the wet bulb temperature of the incoming working air. At the same

time, the temperature of working air on wet side will increase to dry bulb

temperature of the incoming product air and becomes saturated.

In recent years, many studies have been done for indirect evaporative

systems to achieve 100% saturation with an incoming working air wet bulb

temperature. However, practical systems have proven to be far from ideal systems.

They have achieved only 50-60% of incoming working air wet bulb temperature for a

typical indirect evaporative cooler [3]. Therefore, a new thermal process has been

developed and is called the dew point temperature process, or the Maisotsenko

cycle, which will be explained later.

1.2 Objective

The main objective of this thesis was to develop and implement a simulation

model for the evaporative cooling system. The simulation was used for improving

the efficiency of the evaporative cooling system by modifying the counter flow heat

and mass exchange in the indirect evaporative system. The modification helped to

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lower the product airstream to the dew point temperature of air by taking some

fraction of primary air in the dry side, which has the lower dry and wet bulb

temperature, to use as working air for the wet side. Therefore, ideally, the working

temperature will reach the dew point temperature. This thermal process is called

the Maisotsenko cycle.

Information on the dew point evaporative cooling systems, for both practical

use and modeling use, are limited even though considerable work has already been

published on both the simulation and experimental designs. Thus, there is a need for

the further development of a model to assist in improving the design of the dew

point evaporative cooling systems.

The development of an improved model-for the dew point evaporative was

the basic driving force behind the work in this thesis. The purpose of this work was

to implement a simulation model with enough details to use as a tool for improving

the design of the indirect evaporative coolers. Where possible, the results in this

thesis are based on validated models, and therefore, a part of this work is devoted

to the validation of the model by using these previous studies.

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In this thesis, an analytical and numerical solution is used to predict the

behavior of the thermal process for the dew point evaporative cooling system with

indirect evaporation. The validation of the models involves comparing the model

with previous theoretical results obtained from different dew point evaporative

cooling studies. In addition, the models were run with different operating inlet air

conditions. The analysis of dew point evaporative cooling systems was developed by

using the following processes:

1. Developing a complete thermodynamic process for the Maisotsenko cycle.

2. Optimizing the performance of the Maisotsenko cycle.

3. Increasing the efficiency of the cooling system by using mathematical

expressions for the wet bulb and dew point effectiveness.

4. Comparing the results of the mathematical model with previous studies of

dew point evaporative cooling systems.

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1.3 Scientific Method

In this thesis, a dew point evaporative system was evaluated by using computer

simulations.

1.3.1 Basic Concept of Modeling Using Computer Simulation

The development of the computer simulation model is summarized by the following

steps:

1. The problem is identified. What are the boundaries of the problem. What

should be included into the identification of the problem.

2. A model of the system is created. This model is based on many variables,

which are formulated in the mathematical model.

3. The model is run using the Matlab program. A validation was carried out. If

the results compared favorably with the previous results, the model was

considered validated and could be used for this study.

4. The results from the simulation were then analyzed and compared .

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2. Description of Dew Point Evaporative

A new type of heat and mass exchanger, which is called the dew point

evaporative cooler as shown in Figure2.1, has been developed by modifying the

process of the heat and mass exchanger in the indirect evaporative cooling system.

As a result, the product air in the dry side approaches the dew point temperature of

working air. Therefore, the thermal process in the Maisotsenko cycle uses the same

wet side and dry side of plate in the indirect evaporative cooler but with different

heat and mass exchange. In the dew point evaporative process, a fraction of the

outlet air that flows in the dry side of device is taken into the wet channel at the wet

side of the evaporative. This arrangement allows the working air to be cooled before

entering the wet side by losing heat to the opposite wet surface. After the cooled air

is delivered to the wet side, the air will receive additional heat from the dry channel

because the total air stream in the dry side is greater than the working air in the wet

side.

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Intake air Outlet air

(Ambient) (Product)

Dry channel Q s

Exhausted to iii

atmosphere INet channel Qt

< Working air

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Figure 2.1: Schematic of Heat and Mass Transfer in Dew Point Evaporative Cooling

The psychometric process for the counter flow heat and mass exchanger of a

dew point evaporative cooling system is shown in Figure2.2 [4]. The psychometric

principle of the system can be explained as follows: the product air passes through

the dry side of the plate and then takes a part of product air as working air. The

working air is turned to pass over the wet side of the plate and then is exhausted to

outside. Ideally, the temperature at the point where the air turns from the dry

channel to the wet channel is the dew point temperature. This cooled air is turned

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to the wet side at the dew point temperature. The temperature of the working air

will increase to a saturated condition as shown on the saturation line in the

psychometric chart. As results, for the ideal cycle, the temperature of the working

air will leave the wet side equal to the temperature of the entering product air in the

dry side. However, practical systems have shown that the working air temperature

will be less than the entering air in the dry side.

't

~oo--< .... ..

..

I .. •

I

I

~.I ., . ~ I

Figure 2.2: The Psychometric Processes for the Dew Point Evaporative [4)

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The effect of cooling the working air in the dry side before it flows into the

wet side will lower the working air temperature. Therefore, the working air will be

able to absorb additional heat from the dry product airflow. This new process for the

evaporative cooling has the advantage that the cooling effectiveness would be

higher than the effectiveness of a direct and indirect evaporative cooler. The

Maistotsenko cycle heat exchanger process could obtain a wet effectiveness of 110-

122% and dew point effectiveness of 55-85% [5].

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Ts + (~;) dz

t -------------------~ -----------:r-------------------,

I' J-c I

dW Typ ion here.~~~ z !I Ji f] r ~'

, l11:

dQw + I.

dQ5 f 'i1 1 " I

k I~ ,,

--------,---------- _____________ .L ________ r-1 _________ _

~ v ms, Ts, Ws, hs mw + e;:.w) dz ma

Figure 2.3: Schematic of a Differential Control Volume

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3. Mathematical Model of the Dew Point Evaporative Cooling

The schematic diagram of dew point evaporative cooler shown in Figure2.3

shows the process of the heat and mass transfer mechanism along the exchanger

wall in the channels. For the development of the mathematical modet the following

basic assumptions were made:

1. The Lewis number was unity.

2. The Heat exchange occurs only between the fluids involved in the

evaporative cooling process (i.e. adiabatic evaporative cooler).

3. The resistance of heat transfer from water film to its surface was neglected.

4. The thermal conductivity of wall and the temperature difference of wall

surfaces between dry and wet side was neglected due to the small thickness

[6].

5. The velocity and properties of all fluids were uniform within the differential

control volume.

3.1 Differential Equations

Based on the above assumptions, the governing energy equations are

formulated for the simultaneous heat and mass transfer to describe the evaporative

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cooling process. It was assumed that the product air in the dry side of the

evaporative was cooled without added humidity. In addition, the air in the wet side

had a different temperature and humidity than the working air. The governing

energy balance equations are developed and described below.

3.1.1 Basic equation of heat and mass transfer

• The heat transfer from the water surface into the secondary air flow was:

(3.1)

• The mass flow of water that is evaporated into the air in the wet channel was

obtained as:

(3.2)

• The heat flux transferred from the primary air in the dry side into the water

surface was:

(3.3)

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Using energy and mass conservation, a set of differential equations was obtained

for a differential element as shown in Figure2.3 above as follows.

3.1.2 Mass Transfer

1. The water mass balance was written as:

. . . (amw) . ( (aw) ) msw + mw = mw - ~ dz + ms w - az dz (3.4)

Simplifying this equation gave:

-=---- (3.5)

(3.6)

where rh5 and rhw are the mass flow rate of air, and mass flow rate of water.

• The mass flow rate of water evaporating into air was:

(3.7)

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Thus, the equations for the process that occurs over a differential length dz were

written as follows:

drhw =- dW (3.8)

From equations (6) and (8) it was observed that the water flow rate for the water

was not constant due to the process of evaporation.

Substituting Equations, (6), (8) into (2) to obtain:

(3.9)

where hmis the mass transfer coefficient [kg/s.m2]

• The energy conservation in the dry side required the following:

(3.10)

By using:

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Substituting equations. (10), (11) into (3) to obtain:

dTa

dz ha a (T~- Tw)

maCpa

3.1.3 Heat Transfer to Air

• The conservation of energy at the air-water interface was:

After rearrangement of equation (11) to get the following:

(3.11)

(3.12)

(3.13)

(3.14)

where m5 dw = -d rhw and the heat transfer through the walls in the process have

been neglected. Note that the subscript pw refers to saturated liquid water, evaluated

at the water temperature. The heat transfer to the water was written as follows:

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• The specific enthalpy of water vapor is:

(3.15)

where the subscript h19 is the latent heat of vaporization for water at the reference

temperature of 0 °C.

• The specific enthalpy of moist air was determined as follows:

(3.16)

(3.17)

where the subscripts stands for the moist air.

• The specific enthalpy of water was:

(3.18)

• The specific heat of moist air was:

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(3.19)

Substituting (19) into (17) to obtain:

(3.20)

Differentiating equation (20) to obtain:

(3.21)

After differentiating and substituting equation(19) for the specific heat of moist air

into equation (21), the following equations are obtained:

(3.22)

(3.23)

Therefore the heat transfer rate was:

(3.24)

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The specific heat of dry air as a perfect gas is Cpa = 1.004 kJ/kg K at the reference

temperature of 0°C. The specific heat of water vapor is Cpw = 1.840 kJ/kg K.

The specific enthalpy of saturated water vapor at the reference temperature

is htg = 2501KJ/kg.

Substituting Equation (24) into Equation (14) and rearranging of the equation gives

the following:

dT5

dz (3.25)

(3.26)

The dimensionless term~ is called the Lewis number (Le). Kusuda [7] reviewed Cpshd

the available correlations for calculating Le and its' magnitude expresses the relative

rates of propagation of energy and mass within a system and is relatively insensitive

to temperature variations. For air and water vapor mixtures, the ratio is (0.60/0.71)

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or 0.845. At low diffusion rates, where the heat-mass transfer analogy is valid, the Le

number for air and water vapor mixtures can be expressed as follows:

3.1.4 Total Energy Transfer to Air

The total energy transfer to the air, which includes the heat transfer and mass

transfer in the process, was written as follows (refer to Figure2.3):

(3.27)

The enthalpy of water and intake air was written as:

aHa= C (aTa) az pa az (3.28)

aHw = C (aTw) az w az (3.29)

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By using equations (30} and (29) and then simplifying equation (26), the following

equation was obtained:

(3.30)

By substituting equations (3), (8), (16), and (25} into (30) and rearranging the

equations, the following equation was obtained:

-(cpwTw + htg) hm a (w(Tw)- w )dz- hs a (Tw- T5 ) dz

(3.31)

After rearrangement of equation (31), the water temperature gradient was written

as follows:

dTw -=-dz

(3.32)

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In Eq. (32), Tw the water temperature, and, w(Tw), humidity ratio of saturated air

are evaluated at the water temperature.

In the case under assuming a Lewis factor of unity can be expended as below:

The enthalpy of the saturated air at the air water interface evaluated at water film

temperature is:

(3.33)

Substituting Eq.lS into Eq.33 and rearranging gives

(3.34)

Subtracting Eq.17 from Eq.34 gives

(3.35)

Substituting Eq.19 into Eq.35 and rearranging gives

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(3.36)

Substituting Eq.36 into Eq.14 and rearranging gives

. hs hs ms dHs = -hm(-h- (Hpwa- Hs) + (1- h )Hpw ( w(Tw)- w))dz (3.37)

Cps m Cps m

Next, by using Le=~ =1 into Eq.37 gives Cpshm

(3.38)

3.2 The Cooling Effectiveness

The mathematic expressions of the wet bulb and dew point effectiveness was

written as follows [2]:

Ta,in - Ta,out Ewb =

Ta,in - T wb,in

Ta,in- Ta,out Ectew =

Ta,in- Tdew,in

(3.39)

(3.40)

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where T wb,in and Tdew,in are the dew wet bulb temperature and the wet bulb

temperature respectively.

3.3 Ordinary Differential Equations

A computer program was developed based on the above equations to

determine the air temperatures in the dry and wet sides, the water temperature and

the humidity ratio on the wet side. Equations 3.41-3.44 provide a complete

description of the system for the dew point evaporative cooling system based on the

assumption of the Lewis number=l:

dTa ha a (Ta- Tw)

dz maCpa (3.41)

dT5 hma (T5 - Tw) -= dz ma

(3.42)

dw hma (w(Tw)- w)

dz rhs (3.43)

(3.44)

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3.4 Heat-Transfer and Mass Transfer Coefficients

• The convection heat transfer coefficient was expressed as follows:

Nu ha=k­

d (3.35)

where ha the heat transfer coefficient and k is the thermal conductivity of the dry

air.

• The mass transfer coefficient was determined by using the relation of heat

and mass transfer as [2,3, and 7] and was:

(3.46)

where, ha the defined as the dry heat transfer coefficient which usually less than 20

W/m2k for heat exchanger [3].

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• The Nusslet number for fully developed laminar flow inside parallel plates [7]

is:

Nu = 8.235

3.5 Auxiliary Equations

• The humidity ratio for saturated air [8] was:

Ppw w(Tw) = 0.62198 P _ P,

pw

(3.47)

(3.48)

• The saturation pressure of the water vapor for a temperature range of 0 to

200 oc is given [8] as:

(3.49)

where

C8 = -5.800226£ + 03

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c9 = 1.3914993£ + oo

C10 = -4.8640239£ - 02

C11 = 4.1764768£- OS

C12 = -1.4452093£ - 08

C13 = 6.54596 73£ + oo

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4. Simulation Program

In order to solve the mathematical equations given in chapter3, a computer

program was developed. A finite difference scheme was used to solve the governing

equations for the dew point cooling system. The input data of the program included

the inlet temperature of air in the dry channel, humidity ratio, fraction of the outlet

air (called the working air), which is diverted into the wet channel at the bottom side

of the device, and the feed water temperature.

The numerical simulation was developed to evaluate the performance of the

dew point evaporative cooling, the outlet air condition and cooling effectiveness of

the wet bulb and dew point temperature.

4.1 Finite Difference Method

The finite difference method used one of several techniques for obtaining

numerical solutions to differential equation. In all numerical solutions the

derivatives in the partial differential equation are approximated by linear

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combinations of function values at grid points. The finite difference method obtains

an approximate solution forT( z) at a finite set of uniformly spaced in the interval 0

::::;; Z ::::;; L such that

zk = (k - 1)Llz, z = 1,2, .... N

Where N is the total number of spatial node, including those on the boundary. Given

L and n, the spacing between the zk is computed with

L Llz=-­

N-1

4.2 Finite Difference Approximations

The finite difference method involves using the backward difference

approximation, which is

, F(z)- F(z- h) F(z) = h

ar rK+l- rK az ~ LlZ

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The finite difference code is solved the equations 3.41 to 3.44 with boundary

conditions Ta(Z = 0) = Tain, and w(z = O) =Wain for the air in the dry side.

The boundary conditions for the air in the wet side are

w(z = L) = Wain

The finite difference code solved the ordinary differential equation for the

system by integrating from intake air to outlet in the dry side then from inlet to

outlet in the wet side with the boundary conditions. This integration was

repeated until the temperatures stop changing as described below:

Frist, equations (3.41) and (3.44) were solved to find temperatures of the

dry air and temperatures of water in the direction of z. The objective of the

numerical solution of the equations was to march the solution at space level k

forward in space to space level k+l. The solution was contained in two loops: an

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outer loop over all n steps in the opposite direction n and an inner loop over all

steps in direction of z, which is k.

11zh a Ta(k) = Ta(k- 1)- ; (Ta(k- 1)- Tw(k- 1))

ma pa

w(n + 1)]

Notice that values of T5 (n + 1) and w(n + 1)from space step n were assumed to be

known by guessing values for them so that the equations can be solved. After that,

the wet side equations were solved.

The first step of our mathematical iteration was the initial guess because the

initial value of both the temperature and the humidity in the wet side is unknown.

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The initial guess was the starting point for our calculation. The first guess for

temperature in the wet side was:

20 Where dT5 =­

N

w(k) = wi

These the initial guesses were used in the equations until the values converge.

tl.zhma (T5 (n- 1)- Tw(k + 1))

maCpa

hma tl.z(w(Tw (k + 1))- w (n- 1)) w(n) = w(n- 1)- ------.------

ms

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5. Results and Discussion

The main goal of this thesis was to analyze the performance of the heat and

mass exchanger of the dew point evaporative cooling system. This chapter deals

with the findings and the numerical results of the model developed in the previous

chapter, including previous validation results obtained for the Maisotsenko cycle

from other studies. Several sensitivity studies were performed to determine the

effects of different variables. These were: the effects of inlet air temperature in the

dry channel, the water temperature, the mass flow for the product air, the channel

length, the ratio of the working to product air mass flow rate, and the air velocity

were investigated. A model validation was performed for the dew point evaporative

cooling and compared with previous studies to ensure the model was an accurate

simulation for the test case. In the analysis, the heat transfer coefficient was

assumed constant.

5.1 Model validation

The model developed in the previous chapter was validated by comparing

the results from previous data for the Maisotsenko cycle with a dew point

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evaporative cooling test case. The results from the previous study, as shown in

Figure 5.1, were utilized in the first case of the simulation runs in order to test the

accuracy of our simulations [9]. The model was set to the same operating conditions

of inlet air parameters and flow rate, which were used in the evaporative cooling

simulation as shown in TableS.!.

35 Inlet conditio•: 35~. 21.1 glk1 (humidity)

-~-~,r·----------~~-~--~· --------·--· ---·--- -- --~--1

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

Dimensionless length (lfL)

Figure 5.1: Temperature Distributions of the Process Air and the Wall Surface

Along the Channel length [9]

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0.035

0.030 Inlet (OIIditioa: lSOC. 21.1 elk& (humidity}

-ell

~ 0.025 ~ -0 0.020 '! ~ 0.015 :.a ·-§ 0.010 ::c

0.005

0.000

... ll~W~ii<lity profile; in dry cbar~nel ..... llumidity pf(Jfile; i11 lit~ cha11nel -.a- •<$•

0.0 0.2 n4 n6 ns LO

Dimensionless length (z!L)

Figure 5.2: Humidity Distributions of the Process Air along the Channel length [9]

Table 5.1: Operational Conditions for Simulation in Test Casel

Intake air velocity (m/s)

2.4

inlet air dry bulb temp

35

inlet air relative humidity

21

36

inlet air wet bulb feed water temp temp

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The values for the convective heat transfer coefficient between the air and

wall surface, working air to intake air ratio, and the other parameters are shown in

Table 5.2.

Table 5.2: problems parameters for the dew point evaporative

ha (W/mzoq

20

working air to intake air ratio

(kg/kg)

0.333

channel length ( m)

1.2

The operating parameters of the dew point evaporative process depicted in

Figure 3 are shown in Table 5.2. The test case for the model of the dew point

evaporative cooling system was performed to compare the predicted results with

previous study. Therefore, the differences between the results were analyzed. Then

the model was applied with different operational conditions of the air cooler to get

the accuracy of the model, including the wet-bulb and dew point effectiveness.

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5.2 Test Model Design

5.2.1 Case 1

The simulation program for the dew point evaporative model was run with

the same operating conditions as used in the test cases [9]. The results show there

was a close agreement. Tables 5.1 and 5.2 show the temperatures for air, feed

water, and the other parameters that were used in the dew point evaporative

cooling simulation. The difference between these results and previous study for

supply air temperature was about 1.5°C.

Figure 5.4 shows that the product air temperature decreases along the dry

airflow direction by losing heat through the wall due to the temperature difference

between the dry and the wet side. As a result, as the supply air stream travels in the

dry channel of the device, the humidity of the air does not change because there is

no direct contact between the air and the water. On the other hand, the working air

temperature in the wet side shows a different orientation. The air steam travels in

the wet channel in the opposite direction of the air in the dry channel of the cooling

device, as shown in Figure 5.5, resulting in the temperature that initially decreases

and then increases. The reason for decrease of the working air temperature in the

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wet side before increasing again along the airflow direction can be explained by a

psychometric chart in Figure 5.3.

Saturation Line_....,

Dry Bulb Temperature

Figure 5.3: Psychometric Indication of Heat and Moisture Transfer in an

Indirect Evaporative Cooling System [10]

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As shown in Figure5.3 the outlet air leaves the dry side as saturated air.

Therefore, some fraction of this outlet air will be used as working air for the wet

channel. The temperature of this working air is higher than the temperature of the

wet wall. As a result, the working air at the entrance of channel will lose heat to the

water on the wet side of the wall, which will result in more evaporation of the

water. The increased evaporation of water in the wet side causes the working air to

become saturated along the direction of airstream. As a result, the moisture content

of the working air rises gradually until achieving the saturated state from W1 to Wiw'

as shown in Figure5.3 [10]. Therefore, the working air absorbs the sensible and

latent heat from the dry side and its' temperature increases while the process moves

along the saturation line from WiwtoW2 .

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307

306 :>2' ~

:::::1 t:: 305 Q) 0..

E Q) _. 304

303-

3021 0 10 20 30 -------:40=---- ~o--- 60 70 80

Dimensionless Lenght

Figure 5.4: Temperature Distribution of Air in the Dry Channel

3045c--1 ---

304-

3035~

:>2' Q) I '- 303'­:::::1

'@ Q) 0..3025-

E 2

I

3o1.sl ..

301---

- -------~-- ··--, --- ------, I !

~ I

-j I

__ __j

0 10 20 30 ~ ~ w 70 w 90 100

Dimensionless lenght

Figure 5.5: Temperature distribution of Air in the Wet Channel

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Figure 5.6 shows that the wall temperature decreases with the length in the

airflow direction. Since the air stream travels in the wet region of the evaporative

cooling, as shown in figure 5.7, the humidity of air increases as it approaches the end

of channel of the evaporative cooling device. Therefore, by decreasing the humidity

in the dry side, the more sensible heat is transferred into the wet channel from the

dry side.

305

304

303

~ .a 302-~ : Cl> a. ' E 301 1

Cl> f-

300-

299~

298~ 10 20 30-----40- ~5o---oo--To -----=a:c::-o- ----:oo=-=---Demensionless Lenght

Figure 5.6: Temperature Distribution of Air in the Wall Surface

42

I I

~ I

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0.029~, -~---- ~~~--

0.027 ·-c;; ~

]> 0026:-~ '

.Q ; "§ 0.0251

z.. i '6 0.024C. .E ::::l I 0.023-

i 0.0221

!

0.021' 0

5.2.2 Case2

10 ------ -- ---c:--- l. w ~ ~ w 00 70 80

Dimensionless Lenght

Figure 5.7: Humidity Distribution of Air in the Wet Channel

-~~_jl 90 100

Case 2 studied the effect of changing the humidity levels (21.1 to 8.5 kg/kg)

of the air in the dry side, with the same operating parameters as in Case 1, to obtain

a different outlet air temperatures in the dry side. The evaporation can be increased

by decreasing the inlet humidity of the air. As a result, the increase in the

evaporation of water is dependent on the humidity of the air. The effect of humidity

ratio was investigated by varying the humidity of inlet air, while keeping the other

parameters constant as in Case 1. The results are shown in Figure 5.8 to 5.11. As

result, with a decrease of humidity ratio from 21.1 to 8.5 kg/kg, the dry-bulb

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temperature of the air in the dry side deceases compared to the outlet temperature

in easel. The lower value of the inlet air humidity provides more capacity of the air

to absorb more moisture when diverted it into the wet side. Therefore, for lower air

inlet humidity, heat that is more sensible is transferred from the dry side process air

into the wet channel. The result shows that the low inlet humidity increases the

evaporation rate, which indicates there is more energy required to transfer heat

from the dry air to the wet air in the wet side. The outlet air temperatures obtained

are 29.1 and 19.9°C.

308

306-

304j­

g302-

~ :::J ai 3001 a. I

~ 298'-1--

296-

294'-

292-' -0 10

J.---20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Dimensionless lenght

Figure 5.8: Temperature Distribution of Air in the Dry Channel

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299~--

~296-

~ .a 295-~ I

2i 294~ E I Q) 1- 293-

292:--

291 r 290----

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Dimensionless lenght

Figure 5.9: Temperature Distribution of Air in the Wet Channel

i

~

--100

~--~----

3QO~

298~

g I Ql I 5 296!-~ '

Q)

E-294 Q)

1-292!-

290-

288L_ ____ ~ 0 10 20 30

I ----~ - __ __[_____ __

40 50 60 70 80 90 Dimensionless Lenght

Figure 5.10: Temperature Distribution of Air in the Wall Surface

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0.022---

0.021

~ I ~ 0.0181 C» . ~

-;- 0.016~ += ~ ~0.014-'6 .E :f 0.012j

i

o.o1 L

---~-

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Dimensionless Lenght

Figure 5.11: Humidity Distribution of Air in the Wet Channel

5.3 Impact of Other Parameters

5.3.11mpact of Inlet Air Temperature

In this section, the impact of inlet air temperature was evaluated and can be

seen in Figure 5.12. The same process conditions were applied, as shown in table 1,

while the temperature at the inlet of the dry channel was changed between 20 oc

and 45°C. In this section, the effect of varying the inlet air temperature on the dew

point evaporative processes was evaluated. A higher wet bulb effectiveness of the

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evaporative cooling required the air temperature to be higher than 30°C. For higher

inlet air temperatures, the effectiveness values are not significantly increased, which

indicates there are some limitations to the inlet air temperature. According to

Kumar [9], for inlet air temperature higher than 30°C the wet bulb effectiveness

does not vary much and ranged between 100 and 115%, and the dew point

effectiveness varied between 60 to 90%. This shows that the dew point evaporative

cooling systems was more efficient at higher temperatures.

1.3,-------

~ 1.2-Cl ~

Ol1.1c-

~ I

t:l 1 ~ ci II 0 9'­;: .

~ 0.8 Q) (.)

a5 0.7-> ' "' I 2 0.6,

Li:i 0.5 ------

. --04"""-· '25

--------

--,------ -------- r

I

"" I

--------------~ --------------------------------_, ...... --....

-l I wet blib eflrectr..encess - ! _J

! Dew IXJin eflectr-.encess ·--········· I

' ------ ------~~

30 35 40 45 Inlet air temperature

Figure 5.12: Impact of Inlet Air Temperature on Cooling Effectiveness

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5.3.2 Impact of Ratio of Working to Total Air Mass Flow Rate

• This section shows the effects of varying the ratio of working air to intake air

from 0.2 to 0.8 (by interval of 0.2) while keeping other parameters constant,

as shown in TableS.l. The simulation results are shown in figure 5.13. Both

the wet bulb and dew point effectiveness increase by increasing the working

to intake air ratio. As a result, with an increase of the ratio, the supply cooled

air to the room space is reduced and the increased flow resistance will affect

the benefit of the increased effectiveness.

1.4~. ---

-1.21 ~ !

0> ~ 1 C\J 0

-,---

----~ c)

11 0.8; ---------- !

------------------- J .. -~ ,_ .... _,.,. en en 0.6c. Ql c: Ql

·E o4~ (.) . 2 w •

0.2;-, ,

,"

;' , , , ,

; , ;' ,

0-----· -----0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Working to intake air ratio(kg/kg)

Wet bulb efteclt-.encess -Dew pomt eftectt..encess . .. . ..

I --------

_ ____]______ ----

0.6 0.7 0.8

Figure 5.13: Impact of Ratio of Working to Total Air Mass Flow Rate on Cooling

Effectiveness

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5.3.3 Impact of channel length

In this section, the effects of channel length on the both effectiveness values

in the dew point evaporative system are evaluated and are shown in Figure 5.14. By

increasing the length of dry channel, the contact time and surface area are

significantly increased, which indicated there is more energy require for heat and

mass transfer from the air in both sides of the cooler. As a result, both the wet bulb

and dew point evaporative effectiveness increase with increasing length of the

channel.

<Jl <Jl

1.4-

1.2:-

~ 0.8~ Q)

.::: ~ 0.6-

w 0.4~

0.2-

/

/ /

/ / .. .... .....

..... .... ..... ......

...... .... .... ...... --------

oL ____ - ---- ,_ ----:c 0 ~ M M M 1

Channel Lenght (m)

~--,

-------------------I

r------ ----Wet bl.ll;) effectiveness -Dew point effectiveness I

-j

----1 ___]__ __ -~----

1.2 1.4 1.6

Figure 5.14: Impact of Channel length on Cooling Effectiveness

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5.3.4 Impact of Air Velocity

In this section, a higher velocity of air (4 m/s) was considered while keeping

other parameters unchanged. Figure 5.15 shows the effectiveness plotted against

the air velocity. It can be observed from the plot that the higher air velocity resulted

in a lower dew point and wet bulb effectiveness. The effectiveness values increases

by decreasing the intake air velocity and the outlet temperature will decrease. The

results show that the air velocity in dry channel should be less than 3m/ s.

en en Q) c Q) >

"(3 2 Qi

1.2~-----

1.1

1-

0.9

i

oar---------------. ' ---------------

0.7-

0.6!--1

------

0 5 ---- _l __ _ . ;----- 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

Inlet air velocity (m/s)

i wet blJb effectiveness =l dew poirt effectivemess ------· : ~

!

-------- . -- '

______ .,

!

' ' -~--~- ~------

4 4.5 5

Figure 5.15: Impact of Air Velocity on Cooling Effectiveness

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5.4 Comparisons the Dew Point Evaporative with the Indirect Evaporative Cooling

The indirect evaporative cooler as introduced in previous chapter is a device

to lower the air temperature by using the latent heat of water: In principle, the

process allows the product air to flow over the dry side of plate while the working air

to flow opposite wet side of plates, as shown in Figure 1.1. In an ideal operation, the

product air temperature in the dry side will reach the value of the wet blub

temperature of incoming working air, and the temperature of working air will reach

the dry bulb temperature of incoming product air. As a result, the effectiveness of

indirect evaporative will be 100%. However, the actual effectiveness of practical

systems are far from the ideal, about 50-60% [6]. As result, the indirect evaporative

cooling has been studied and developed [6,10], and will effectively improve the

cooling effectiveness of the exchanger.

Comparing the dew point evaporative system with the indirect evaporative

cooling system requires evaluating the performance of the systems in various

climates conditions.

Numerical calculations were performed for two different evaporative cooling

systems by using the same governing equations describing the temperature and the

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humidity change of the dew point evaporative cooling and the indirect evaporative

cooling used earlier. It can be seen that the indirect evaporative air and the dew

point evaporative cooler work in a similar way since the heat and mass transfer

processes can be described with the same of set differential equations. The

differences are in the mass flow rate and the initial conditions on the wet side.

In the indirect evaporative cooler, the mass flow rate is not a fraction of the

outlet air, which was used as the working air on the wet side of the dew point

evaporative cooler (rh5 =F r * rha)· The working air on the wet side does not depend

on some fraction of diverted air in the dry side to act as the working air in the wet

channel. As a result, the initial conditions will be different from the dew point

evaporative cooling in the wet side. This means that both channels in the indirect

evaporative have the same inlet conditions as the dew point evaporative cooling,

and the inlet condition in the wet side was the outlet conditions from the dry side.

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Table 5.3: Numerical results for the indirect evaporative cooling

Given conditions Numerical results

Ta,i(0 C) Ts.i(oC) Tw(0 C) kg

Ta,o(0 C) Ts,o(0 C) kg

w ·(-) Ws,oCk) S,l kg

35 35 31 0.021 32.2021 31.7777 0.0287

35 35 28 0.0085 29.8275 29.0248 0.0229

35 35 28 0.0162 31.2985 30.7319 0.0264

Table 5.4: Numerical results for the dew point evaporative cooling

Given conditions Numerical results

Ta,i(oC) Ts.i(0 C) TwCOC) kg

Ta o(0 C) Ts,aCOC) kg

w ·(-) Ws,o(kg) S,l kg

35 27.48 31 0.021 27.48 30.2789 0.0275

35 22.011 28 0.0085 22.01 26.7756 0.0223

35 22.165 28 0.0162 22.165 26.7754 0.0223

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The results of simulation model of one-dimensional different equation for both

evaporative cooling systems with the same operating condition were compared. The results

for the indirect evaporative cooling are presented in Table 5.3, while the results for the

dew point evaporative are in Table 5. 4.

For discussion, the performance of indirect evaporative cooler and dew point cooler

were evaluated by the cooling effectiveness equation to prove that the dew point cooler

improves the cooling effectiveness (efficiency) of the exchanger compared with the indirect

evaporative cooler. These results could also be seen from the performance data as shown in

Table 5.5 that gave the air outlet temperature and effectiveness at different conditions for

three different cases.

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Table 5.5: Performance Data for Different Flow Arrangements under Different

Operations

cases Outlet air temperature and effectiveness

For indirect evaporative For dew point evaporative

Ta,o E Ta,o E

Case 1 32.202 0.52814 27.48 1.05714

Case 2 29.8275 0.37359 22.011 0.8526

Case 3 31.29 0.41364 22.165 1.14884

In comparing the results of the indirect evaporative cooler with the dew

point evaporative cooler, it was observed that there was a significant different in the

outlet temperature of product air and the effectiveness values. The outlet

temperature was a key factor for improving the cooling effectiveness of the

exchanger by reducing the air temperature. To determine the advantage of using

the dew point cooling system, performances of the two models were evaluated for

each case and are summarized in Tables 5.3 and 5.4 for both the outlet variables.

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Table 5.5 shows samples of data used for testing the performance of the two models

i.e. the indirect and dew point evaporative system cooling.

The dew point evaporative cooling system was considered better when

compared with the indirect evaporative cooler. As can be seen in TableS.S the outlet

air temperature of dew point evaporative cooler is below the wet bulb temperature

i.e. the new type of M-cycle heat and mass exchanger was able to achieve a higher

cooling effectiveness compared with the indirect evaporative cooler. The dew point

effectiveness ranged between 85 to 114% whereas the indirect evaporative

effectiveness varied between 30 to 58% for various inlet conditions.

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Chapter 6

Conclusions and Recommendations

The study of the dew point evaporative cooler system (or M-cycle) required the

development of a computer model that was able to simulate the thermal process.

The work presented in Chapter 2 details the operation and performance of the dew

point cooling system.

An analytical solution to model the performance of the dew point

evaporative system was presented in this thesis. A sensitivity study was performed

to examine the effects of changing the values of airflow rate, the ratio of working to

intake air flow rates, and the inlet temperature, and the humidity. A potential

method for modifying the process of the heat and mass exchanger in an indirect

evaporative cooling system to produce a new thermal process called dew point

cooling was developed. The dew point evaporative cooling system was used to cool

the product air to a temperature below the wet bulb. The evaluation of the dew

point cooling process was performed using a numerical analysis.

In the numerical analysis for the dew point evaporative cooler system, the

temperature distributions of the process air and the water film, humidity

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distributions, and the impact of the variables on the cooling effectiveness were

obtained. The analysis shows that this new type of exchanger can achieve much

higher cooling performance than the indirect evaporative cooler. However, the dew

point evaporative cooler system requires more than one channel for dry and wet

side to achieve good performance.

When the dew point evaporative cooler systems were operated with

different climate conditions, a fraction of product air would be used as the working

air in the wet side to reduce the outlet air temperature. In this evaporative cooler,

results have shown that a higher effectiveness was dependent on changing many

variables such as; air velocity, channel length, working to product air ratio, and the

inlet air temperature. It was shown that the inlet air temperature should be higher

than 30°C. As a result, using an inlet air temperature of 30 oc may cause the intake

air to have a lower temperature and this increases the effectiveness of the system.

Future experimental research is recommended to better understand the M­

cycle thermal process. In addition, alternative techniques should be investigated

that would reduce the outlet air temperature and would improve the effectiveness

of the process. Other techniques should be investigated to study the effects of

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viscosity, thermal conductivity and pressure loss on the performance of the cooling

system.

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