Now days, air conditioning systems are a must for almost every commercial and residential building to achieve comfortable indoor conditions. The increasing energy demand, and increasing oil prices and pollution levels raise the need for alternative air conditioning systems which can efficiently utilize renewable energy resources. The liquid desiccant-based air conditioning method is pollution f...

Film cooling technique has been successfully applied to gas turbine blades to prevent it from the hot flue gas. However, a continuous demand of increasing the turbine inlet temperature to raise the efficiency of the turbine requires continuous improvement in film cooling effectiveness. The concept of injecting mist (tiny water droplets) into the cooling fluid has been proven under laboratory co...

This paper reports a Joule-Thomson cooling system that provides 0.1-1 W cooling power using a micromachined Si/glass perforated plate heat exchanger. The gas expansion is performed through a micromachined valve that is piezoelectrically actuated, or alternatively through a commercial jewel orifice. The modulated J-T system using the microvalve can achieve 254.5 K at a pressure difference of 430...

The use of climate-controlled greenhouses and growth chambers makes it possible to maintain high crop productivity and quality when outside air conditions are not favourable. Climate control accuracy may help optimize production costs by reducing energy consumption and by better respecting production calendars. Such objectives can be reached by incorporating new technologies for crop growth cha...

The performance of radiant heating systems (floor heating, ceiling panels) is relatively well documented. Water based systems, where pipes are embedded in the building structure, are now being increasingly used for cooling purposes. Several theoretical studies based on the use of computer simulations have been published, but very little is reported on the actual performance in existing building...

Selection of spiral capillary tube for refrigeration appliances and the effect of changes in the parameters such as capillary tube dimensions i.e. capillary tube diameter, coil pitch, capillary tube length and inlet conditions of refrigerant to the capillary tube i.e. degree of subcooling, inlet pressure on the mass flow rate of the refrigerant, also investigation about the coiling effect of sp...

An experimental study for air-side thennal-hydraulic performance of brazed aluminum heat exchangers under dehumidifYing conditions has been performed. For 30 samples of louvered fin heat exchangers with different geometrical parameters, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for wet surface were evaluated. The test was conducted for air-side Reynolds number in the range of 80-300 a...

The performance of the adsorption cooling system is assessed in terms of the heat transfer coefficients of adsorbent bed heat exchanger. These parameters in-turn determine the specific cooling capacity (SCC) and the coefficient of the performance (COP) of the adsorption cooling system. It was observed that the overall heat transfer coefficients of the heat exchanger have a direct linear relatio...

This paper describes the theoretical and experimental investigations of the key components and also the performance analysis of a rotary wheel for using as a solid desiccant dehumidifier and also indirect evaporator cooling system. Solid desiccants have long been used in dehumidification and cooling systems for energy efficiency or reduce electricity. Although many mathematical models on th...