[FRIAM] evaporative cooling

[Edward Angel]

https://www.fieldstudyoftheworld.com/persian-ice-house-how-make-ice-desert/ <https://www.fieldstudyoftheworld.com/persian-ice-house-how-make-ice-desert/>
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Ed Angel

Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

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> On May 19, 2020, at 1:59 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> A technical question for you high-desert scientists:
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> How far can one take evaporative cooling?  With dewpoint temperatures in the teens, how far down can the output of a swamp cooler be.  This relates to a question I asked you all in the dead of winter: given a dewpoint temperature way below freezing, what is the warmest shade temperature at which an icicle can form. 
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> This is the kind of question that a Massachusetts resident would never think of, let alone ponder on. 
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Clark University
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