Appendixes
A.1 Cooling Curve Data from Wind Tunnel Experiments
Here, representative experimental data for PWAT material at 75 kph are
given. Experiments were performed in triplicates for the speeds of 0,
15, 35, 55 and 75 kph, and data for these speeds are also available.
Time
Control (Mean–Ambient)
PWAT material (Mean–Ambient)
Drop in temp
0:00:00
19.48
18.13
1.34
0:00:10
19.47
17.64
1.83
0:00:20
19.45
17.60
1.86
0:00:30
19.47
17.56
1.91
0:00:40
19.42
17.49
1.93
0:00:50
19.42
17.43
1.99
0:01:00
19.37
17.30
2.07
0:01:10
19.34
17.19
2.15
0:01:20
19.30
17.12
2.18
0:01:30
19.24
16.85
2.39
0:01:40
19.18
16.59
2.59
0:01:50
19.09
16.33
2.76
0:02:00
19.02
16.09
2.93
0:02:10
18.96
15.79
3.18
0:02:20
18.88
15.59
3.29
0:02:30
18.78
15.32
3.46
0:02:40
18.73
15.04
3.69
0:02:50
18.65
14.81
3.84
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