Abstract
This work examined the thermal performance of evaporative cooling of water by an air stream in an equipment wherein the liquid phase is sprayed between two coaxial disks. The contact between the two phases was in a cross-current mode. The performance of the spray bed in terms of thermal efficiency and evaporation rate of liquid were calculated by varying operational parameters like air flow rate, water flow rate, and rotational speed. Both the thermal efficiency (minimum = 0.183, maximum = 0.34) and evaporation rate (minimum = 0.009 kg/min, maximum = 0.032 kg/min) increased with rotational speed and air flow rate. However, the thermal efficiency decreased with liquid flow rate.
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