How does a water-cooled air conditioner work?

There are several different ways that water is used in air conditioning. The most common use is incooling towers. Acooling towercan be any size, from really gigantic down to the size of an automobile.

In a cooling tower, air blows over water to createevaporative cooling,这水冷却器中使用heat exchangerof, say, an air conditioner. A more direct form of evaporative cooling is often found ingreenhouses, farmers' markets and chicken houses. In these kinds of systems, water flows over a mesh, and a fan blows air through the wet mesh into the building. Humid, cooler air is the result.

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Frequently Answered Questions

Does an air conditioner use water from the house?
No, most air conditioners do not use water from the house. Some air conditioners, however, use a small amount of water to help cool the air.

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