360° COOLER WITH HEATER AND IONIZER

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

India’s energy demands are expected to be more than double by 2030, and there is a pressing need to develop ways to conserve energy for future generations. Thus, energy consumption can be reduced drastically by using energy efficient appliances. In India, the Union ministry of power's research pointed out that about 20-25% of the total electricity utilized in government buildings in India is wasted due to unproductive design, resulting in an annual energy related financial loss of about Rs 1.5 billion. Conventional heating ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC) consume approximately 50% of the building energy. This type of air conditioning is therefore neither eco- friendly nor sustainable. Selection of proper air conditioning system for buildings can not only help the country save electrical energy but also reduce greenhouse emissions. An evaporative cooler (also swamp cooler, desert cooler and wet air cooler) is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water. Evaporative cooling differs from typical air conditioning systems which use vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycles. Evaporative cooling works by exploiting water's large enthalpy of vaporization. The temperature of dry air can be dropped significantly through the phase transition of liquid water to water vapor (evaporation), which can cool air using much less energy than refrigeration. In extremely dry climates, evaporative cooling of air has the added benefit of conditioning the air with more moisture for the comfort of building occupants. Evaporative cooling, being used by mankind for centuries is based on a very simple principle. When a hot and dry air is allowed to pass through a wet pad, the temperature of incoming air is reduced with an increase in specific humidity as some water from the pads is evaporated taking the latent heat of vaporization from the incoming air. 360 air cooler is cheaper than air conditioning also consumes less power than air conditioning. The addition of Heater and ionizer will further increase the capability of a normal cooler for using in multiple applications around the year.

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