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Swamp Cooler
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
Using a household fan, cardboard box and paper towels, student teams design and build their own evaporative cooler prototype devices. They learn about the process that cools water during the evaporation of water. They make calculations to determine a room's cooling load, and thus determine the swamp cooler size. This activity adds to students' understanding of the behind-the-scenes mechanical devices that condition and move air within homes and buildings for human health and comfort.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
- Collection:
- TeachEngineering