Can you accomplish air conditioning by pushing air through a tube surrounded by water? I'm attempting to use water as a sort of heat sink.pushing air through a highly conductive tube (I'm thinking aluminum) so that when it comes out the other side, heat has hopefully been transferred to the water, leaving me with cool airHow can I optimize such a system shape/size.wise (or will it work at all)? Also, I'm guessing there might be some level of condensationCould I place a desiccant at the end of the tube and expect it to remove much of the moisture without also removing the coldness of the air?- Also, in some ways, while my design is a bit like a swamp/evaporative cooler.minus the need for a more powerful fan to push air through the sponge and a motor to keep pumping water into the sponge.I don't want to build a swamp cooler (e.gwith a need for powering moving parts other than just the fan).
The idea is not new, and some central air conditioners use water circulation that is cooled by main chiller, which, in turn, cooled by the main refrigeration systemThe swamp/evaporative cooler works entirely on a different principle, and is, actually, useless with hot humid environment.
