Engineering Principles, Modeling and Economics of Evaporative Coolers
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Engineering Principles, Modeling and Economics of Evaporative Coolers

  1. 440 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Engineering Principles, Modeling and Economics of Evaporative Coolers

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Engineering Principles, Modelling and Economics of Evaporative Coolers covers the basic engineering and technical principles behind the operation and construction of evaporative coolers, also highlighting challenges. The book presents the reader with selected case studies on modelling in the cooling chamber and explains the economic implications an evaporative structure can bring. Edited by a team of specialists, the book also explains the strong dependence of the technology's performance on environmental conditions, and hence the limits on temperature control in the preservation of post-harvest agriculture products. Evaporative coolers are an ancient technology, invented long before the introduction of chemical refrigerants as used in modern fridges or cooling towers. This two volume set covers the topic, with practical applications, construction techniques, and operation of the technology. - Thoroughly explores unit operations and engineering principles of evaporative coolers - Includes CFD modelling on evaporative cooling structures - Covers the economics of evaporative coolers

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Yes, you can access Engineering Principles, Modeling and Economics of Evaporative Coolers by Daniel Ingo Hefft,Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Tilahun Seyoum Workneh,Duncan Onyango Mbuge in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Food Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Cover image
  3. Title page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Copyright
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter One Evaporative cooler structure as a sustainable storage structure for extending the shelf life of food produce
  8. Chapter Two Historic use of evaporative cooler structures by continent
  9. Chapter Three Modern cooling and its advantages and disadvantages: A review
  10. Chapter Four Theoretical design principles and practice of evaporative cooler
  11. Chapter Five Evaporative cooling principles: Direct and indirect air cooling, and direct evaporative cooling
  12. Chapter Six Evaporative cooler structure as an alternative to cold storage or controlled atmosphere storage for the preservation of fruits and vegetables
  13. Chapter Seven Construction of different types of evaporative cooler structure for preservation of fruits and vegetables
  14. Chapter Eight Zero-energy evaporative cooling technology and the prospective for fresh produce postharvest handling most especially for the preservation of fruits and vegetable
  15. Chapter Nine Application of natural material such as charcoal in evaporative cooler structure
  16. Chapter Ten The challenges and solutions to corrosion and other forms of construction material degradation in evaporative cooling structures
  17. Chapter Eleven Recent advances in the application of sensors used in evaporative coolers to monitor chamber environmental parameter
  18. Chapter Twelve Alternative energy sources that could be utilized in the operation of evaporative cooler structures most especially in rural communities
  19. Chapter Thirteen Edible coatings and evaporative cooling best practice guidelines for extension of preservation of fruits and vegetables
  20. Chapter Fourteen Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of airflow inside an evaporative cooler for storage of fruits and vegetables
  21. Chapter Fifteen Socio-economic aspect of evaporative cooler structure
  22. Chapter Sixteen Role of government and policymakers towards supporting the deployment of evaporative cooler structure
  23. Chapter Seventeen Renewable energy integration into a low-cost evaporative cooling system for fresh produce storage
  24. Chapter Eighteen Numerical and experimental investigation of the potential of combining evaporative cooler with a CoolBot air conditioner for a low-cost tomato cold storage
  25. Chapter Nineteen Application of computational fluid dynamics modeling for coolers
  26. Chapter Twenty The influences of different cold storage environments on the mechanical and physiological quality of stored amadumbe (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott)
  27. Chapter Twenty One Past and present evaporative coolers
  28. Index