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Long Haired Git · 08-03-2005, 06:20 AM

No links. But the energy that was heat of the liquid water and heat of the air has gone into evaporation (phase change) of the liquid. The latent-heat-of-evaporation is massive compared to the energy changing water's temperature.
So, I can see where both the air and liquid reduce their temperature due to the energy removed from the liquid to evaporate some liquid.
So, it looks like everyone wins with evaporative cooling, except of course the extra water in the air has a habit of falling out, and you have to keep sticking more liquid back in.

08-03-2005, 06:20 AM	#3
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	No links. But the energy that was heat of the liquid water and heat of the air has gone into evaporation (phase change) of the liquid. The latent-heat-of-evaporation is massive compared to the energy changing water's temperature. So, I can see where both the air and liquid reduce their temperature due to the energy removed from the liquid to evaporate some liquid. So, it looks like everyone wins with evaporative cooling, except of course the extra water in the air has a habit of falling out, and you have to keep sticking more liquid back in. __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)