Beta
ManageSearchChatDiscover
116709

Heat and Mass Transfer in a Direct Evaporative Cooler Using New Material.

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

OverviewSimilar Items

Subjects

-

Tags

Production Engineering and Mechanical Design

Abstract

This paper presents the performance analysis of a new evaporative cooling pad material ''Luffa'', or luffa, sponges which are produced from long, thin gourds and are much harder and more abrasive than sea sponges. Most often, luffa sponges are used for scrubbing and exfoliating dead skin. Often seen for sale in stores in the form of back brushes exfoliating mitts, luffa sponges also make ideal scrubbers for pots, pans and surfaces, such as the counter tops. The luffa sponges is an amazing versatile, no-fuss plant that is relatively easy to grow in warm climates [1]. A test tunnel is constructed for this particular work and the behavior of this new evaporative cooling pad material is analyzed while changing of three parameters. Air velocity, water flow rate and the bad thickness. Inlet and outlet air characteristics are recorded with time and transit variation of thermo-physical properties of air is then evaluated from the measured data and heat and mass transfer equations. Cooling effectiveness, heat transfer coefficient, mass transfer coefficient and accordingly Nusslet and sSherwod numbers are obtained and compared each time. This new bad materials offers the lowest pressure drop among other materials (<10N/m2) with high effectiveness(94%). Because of better performance, lower costs and easy availability of this new bad material. Using it as wetted media may enhance the scope of using this material in domestic and commerical evaporative cooling systems for sustainable development.

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2020.116709

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Saafan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Professor of Mechanical Power Engineering., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

Email

mgmousa@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

Orcid

-

First Name

A.

Last Name

Fouda

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

Email

eng_alifouda_2007@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

A.

Last Name

Elbaz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

Email

eng.elbaz@hotmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

-

Volume

38

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

15576

Issue Date

2013-03-01

Receive Date

2013-01-03

Publish Date

2020-10-03

Page Start

117

Page End

136

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

Article File

BFEMU_Volume 38_Issue 1_Pages 117-136.pdf

PDF . 23.4MB

Link

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/article_116709.html

Detail API

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=116709

Order

14

Type

Research Studies

Type Code

1,205

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

Publication Link

https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Heat and Mass Transfer in a Direct Evaporative Cooler Using New Material.

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023