TY - CHAP
T1 - Evaporative and Desiccant Air-Conditioning Systems for Wet Markets
AU - Ashraf, Muhammad N.
AU - Mahmood, Muhammad H.
AU - Sultan, Muhammad
AU - Khalid, Muhammad
AU - Miyazaki, Takahiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This research work has been carried out in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan. This research was funded by Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan under the Director Research/ORIC grant awarded to Principal Investigator Dr. Muhammad Hamid Mahmood.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This research work has been carried out in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan. This research was funded by Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan under the Director Research/ORIC grant awarded to Principal Investigator Dr. Muhammad Hamid Mahmood.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The air conditions inside wet markets may affect the human health, and the quality of food products. Humid conditions promote the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms that lead towards certain human diseases and loss of products’ qualitative and nutritional attributes. It highlights the importance of air-conditioning to sustain environmental health in wet markets. Two energy-efficient air-conditioning/cooling systems, i.e., standalone Maisotsenko evaporative cooling system (S-1) and desiccant air-conditioning system (S-2), were proposed in this study. These systems were investigated for their applicability in wet markets under ambient conditions of Punjab, Pakistan. The study area was divided into three climatic zones due to the spatio-temporal variations. The results revealed that the proposed system S-1 was applicable during April and May, while S-2 was suitable in critical months (June, July, August, and September) in all the climatic zones. The system (S-2) performance was further evaluated based on thermal coefficient of performance, wet-bulb, and dew-point effectiveness.
AB - The air conditions inside wet markets may affect the human health, and the quality of food products. Humid conditions promote the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms that lead towards certain human diseases and loss of products’ qualitative and nutritional attributes. It highlights the importance of air-conditioning to sustain environmental health in wet markets. Two energy-efficient air-conditioning/cooling systems, i.e., standalone Maisotsenko evaporative cooling system (S-1) and desiccant air-conditioning system (S-2), were proposed in this study. These systems were investigated for their applicability in wet markets under ambient conditions of Punjab, Pakistan. The study area was divided into three climatic zones due to the spatio-temporal variations. The results revealed that the proposed system S-1 was applicable during April and May, while S-2 was suitable in critical months (June, July, August, and September) in all the climatic zones. The system (S-2) performance was further evaluated based on thermal coefficient of performance, wet-bulb, and dew-point effectiveness.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-86394-4_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-86394-4_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85121751642
T3 - Green Energy and Technology
SP - 101
EP - 121
BT - Green Energy and Technology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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