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  • WHAT'S GOING ON: "Evaporative cooling" is at work here.

    The Game-Changing Cookbook Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • Evaporative cooling will drastically reduce the surface temperature in seconds.

    Cool Down A Scorching Car As Quickly As Possible | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Evaporative coolers employed to eliminate need for refrigerant-based cooling that increases thermal comfort by 10 – 20 degrees

    Shangri-La Construction Unveils World’s First Aviation Hangar To Achieve LEED Paltinum Certification 2008

  • Evaporative coolers worked fine in Phoenix for all but the worst times, monsoon season, when there was high humidity (contrary to the stereotype that Phoenix always has only dry heat).

    Air conditioners for sale at Gigante 2004

  • Evaporative coolers are readily available here in Central Mexico in Guadalajara.

    Evaporative coolers 2004

  • Re-entry profile was similar to the shuttle's (whose wings are similar in plan to the A-4's), but cooling was provided by an ingenious spray mechanism (the tanks under the wings), where a cryogenic gas/fluid mixture (Bionic Evaporative Environment for Re-entry) was injected into the boundary layer, preventing much of the frictional heating, and conveying away the remaining heat by convection.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Zoe Brain 2006

  • Evaporative coolers have been mentioned several times in post by P. J.

    Evaporative coolers 2004

  • Evaporative freezing is calculated for size-resolved liquid hydrometeors.

    Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit 2006

  • Re-entry profile was similar to the shuttle's (whose wings are similar in plan to the A-4's), but cooling was provided by an ingenious spray mechanism (the tanks under the wings), where a cryogenic gas/fluid mixture (Bionic Evaporative Environment for Re-entry) was injected into the boundary layer, preventing much of the frictional heating, and conveying away the remaining heat by convection.

    Australian "Black" Defence Projects of the 70s Zoe Brain 2006

  • Evaporative coolers have a limited effect and should only be used in relatively dry climates.

    3. Design rules 1993

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