Experimental Investigation of a Direct Evaporative Cooling System for Year-Round Thermal Management with Solar-Assisted Dryer

Table 4

Research outcomes of different pad materials in evaporative cooling.

Authors	Material	Country	Temperature drop (°C)	Effectiveness (%)	Velocity (ms^-1)
Bishoyi et al. [6]	Honeycomb	India	8	75-80	1.5
Al-Sulaiman [7]	Jute	Saudi Arabia	—	62.1	3-4
Doğramacı et al. [8]	Eucalyptus fibre	United Kingdom	11.3	71	0.1-1.2
He and Hoyano [15]	Ceramics	Japan	3-4	50-70	1-2
Katsuki et al. [16]	Ceramics with Onggi clay and bamboo charcoal	Korea	3.6	—	0.4
Soponpongpipat and Kositchaimongkol [22]	Rice husk	Thailand	3.3	60	1
Present work	Vermicompost	India	9.5	80	0.9-2.7