.Buildings.Fluid.HeatExchangers.Validation.WetCoilEffectivenessNTU

Information

This model duplicates an example from Mitchell and Braun 2012, example SM-2-1 (Mitchell and Braun 2012) to validate a single case for the Buildings.Fluid.HeatExchangers.WetCoilEffectivenessNTU model.

Validation

The example simulates a wet coil with constant air and water inlet temperature and mass flow rate, and an increasing air inlet humidity which triggers the transition from a fully-dry to a fully-wet regime. The reference used for validation is the published experimental data.

Note that the outlet air relative humidity may slightly exceed 100% when using the epsilon-NTU model.

References

Mitchell, John W., and James E. Braun. 2012. "Supplementary Material Chapter 2: Heat Exchangers for Cooling Applications". Excerpt from Principles of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in buildings. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. Available online: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0470624574&bcsId=7185

Contents

Revisions

• April 19, 2017, by Michael Wetter:
  Revised model to avoid mixing textual equations and connect statements.
• March 17, 2017, by Michael O'Keefe:
  First implementation.