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Recent research on an indirect evaporative cooler (IEC) Part 2: thermal performance of a non‐conditioned building coupled with an IEC
Author(s) -
Tulsidasani T. R.,
Singh S. P.,
Sawhney R. L.,
Sodha M. S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-114x(19971025)21:13<1203::aid-er310>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - evaporative cooler , composite indicator , environmental science , thermal comfort , thermal , index (typography) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , engineering , architectural engineering , computer science , mathematics , geography , physics , econometrics , world wide web
Abstract The thermal performance of a non‐conditioned building fitted with an indirect evaporative cooler (IEC) has been investigated in terms of hourly, monthly and seasonal discomfort index. The effect of various design parameters of the IEC on the discomfort index has been investigated for three different climatic areas of India, i.e. hot–dry, warm, humid and composite. The analysis has shown that the IEC is effective for creating thermal comfort conditions in buildings in dry–hot and composite climates. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.