freecooling

English

Alternative forms

• free-cooling

Noun

freecooling (uncountable)

1. A system that chills water or air by using evaporative cooling.
   • 1990, Proceedings: Commercial data, design, and technologies, page 151:

     Although also a cooling dominated climate, Houston fared poorly, with annual energy savings of only 4.9%, because the generally higher wet-bulb temperatures in this location limited the cooling tower freecooling effect.

   • 2018, J. Paul Guyer, An Introduction to Cold Regions Design: Mechanical, page 36:

     A single sensing control element to automatically control the temperature of both the freecooling coil and the refrigeration cycle shall be used to provide proper operation sequence.