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OH 48: HVAC: Systems and Components-15
Q: I solved the direct evaporative cooler problem using the apparatus dew point temperature (85 – 58) and got the same answer as the solution — was my approach valid or did I just get lucky?
A: You got lucky — the denominator in the saturation efficiency formula must be (T_drybulb – T_wetbulb), which is the maximum cooling possible from an evaporative cooler. Using the dew point instead of the wet bulb gives a larger denominator, which makes the effective delta-T bigger than it should be, and you happened to land on the right answer choice by coincidence. The evaporative cooling process follows a line of constant wet-bulb temperature, so the wet bulb is always the maximum limiting temperature — not the dew point.
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