Evaporative Air-Conditioning: Applications for Environmentally Friendly Cooling
Robert Foster, Ebel Dijkstra, Marja Tummers, Gert Jan Bom
'Under the right conditions and applications, evaporative air-conditioning (EAC) technologies can provide excellent cooling and ventilation with minimal energy consumption.'Evaporative air-conditioning technologies are being used increasingly in residential and commercial applications worldwide. EAC technologies, which rely on water as a coolant rather than on chemical refrigerants, are economical to produce and use and have important environmental benefits. This paper introduces the technical aspects of EAC, reviews EAC's scope of application, and surveys the specific climatic conditions under which EAC can be used most effectively in industrialized and developing countries.
Anno:
1999
Casa editrice:
World Bank Publications
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
87
ISBN 10:
0821343343
ISBN 13:
9780821343340
Collana:
World Bank Technical Paper
File:
PDF, 6.63 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1999