Developing a prototype process for cooling channels

• Main Author: Tan, Wei Long.
• Other Authors: Lye Sun Woh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54188
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents the basic operating principles of various types of cooling method that can be utilised for human comfort with the aim of designing a cooling device that can achieve a significant temperature drop for ambient air. Through detailed evaluation and planning, certain modifications to the current design of evaporative coolers were implemented and an experimental prototype two-stage cooling channel was constructed. Subsequently, the cooling unit was tested in order to determine its performance. Parameters such as ambient conditions, air flow rate and temperature of water are some of the variables that will affect the efficiency of the cooler. In addition to that, a theoretical simulation was done and was used to compare with the actual experimental results to verify its reliability. It is recommended that further investigations in this area of scope can carry on in the future so that we can explore greater possibilities for cooling of ambient air.