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Evaporative Cooler turns off in summers

Hi,

I am modeling a hybrid DX-Evaporative Cooler system with the location set to Phoenix Arizona. However, my evaporator turns off during the peak summer months of July and August, when the outdoor Dry-bulb is 42 deg. C and the wetbulb is around 22 C.

I have no limits on the operation of the evaporative cooler; however, the outdoor air controller is set to have a maximum of 27 C for the economizer mode and the OA mixing box inlet node is set to have a setpoint that varies between 15 and 35 deg C. Can anyone offer a possible explanation and a fix. I'd greatly appreciate the help.

Evaporative Cooler turns off in summers

Hi,

I am modeling a hybrid DX-Evaporative Cooler system with the location set to Phoenix Arizona. However, my evaporator turns off during the peak summer months of July and August, when the outdoor Dry-bulb is 42 deg. C and the wetbulb is around 22 C.

I have no limits on the operation of the evaporative cooler; however, the outdoor air controller is set to have a maximum of 27 C for the economizer mode and the OA mixing box inlet node is set to have a setpoint that varies between 15 and 35 deg C. Can anyone offer a possible explanation and a fix. I'd greatly appreciate the help.