Evaporatively-Cooled Split-System Air Conditioner

This project evaluates the performance of an evaporatively-cooled condensing unit as part of a residential split-system air conditioner in some of the climate zone conditions found in Southern California Edison's service territory. It also determines the performance degradation of the unit with increasingly harsh climate conditions, looking at general water consumption of the unit in these different climate conditions, and compares normalized performance data to existing information on air-cooled condenser type air conditioning units from previous lab research conducted at SCEs Technology Test Centers.

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