<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> As the number of indoor swimming pools and wellness centers are currently growing, it is necessary to concentrate on the parameters of indoor environments. These parameters are necessary for the design of the HVAC systems that operate these premises. In indoor swimming-pool facilities, the energy demand is large due to ventilation losses from exhaust air. Since water evaporates from a pool’s surface, exhaust air has a high water content and specific enthalpy. In this paper the results of the water evaporation rate measured from swimming pool surfaces at higher thermal water temperatures are described.</p></abstract>

As the number of indoor swimming pools and wellness centers are currently growing, it is necessary to concentrate on the parameters of indoor environments. These parameters are necessary for the design of the HVAC systems that operate these premises. In indoor swimming-pool facilities, the energy demand is large due to ventilation losses from exhaust air. Since water evaporates from a pool’s surface, exhaust air has a high water content and specific enthalpy. In this paper the results of the water evaporation rate measured from swimming pool surfaces at higher thermal water temperatures are described.

Experimental Measurements of the Water Evaporation Rate of a Physical Model

Department of Building Services, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 11, 813 68 Bratislava,

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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As the number of indoor swimming pools and wellness centers are currently growing, it is necessary to concentrate on the parameters of indoor environments....

Experimental Measurements of the Water Evaporation Rate of a Physical Model

Published Online: Apr 01, 2017

Page range: 19 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2017-0003

Keywords
Evaporation, Swimming pool, Physical model

© Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Experimental Measurements of the Water Evaporation Rate of a Physical Model

Published Online: Apr 01, 2017

Page range: 19 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjce-2017-0003

KeywordsEvaporation, Swimming pool, Physical model

© Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Evaporation, Swimming pool, Physical model