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Evaporation of water from a water surface - like a swimming pool or an open tank - depends on water temperature, air temperature, air humidity and air velocity above the water surface - online calculator.

Evaporation of water from a water surface - like an open tank, a swimming pool or similar - depends on water temperature, air temperature, air humidity and air velocity above the water surface.

Water surface evaporation - swimming pool heat loss

The amount of evaporated water can be expressed as:

gs = Θ A (xs - x) / 3600 (1)

or

gh = Θ A (xs - x)

where

gs = amount of evaporated water per second (kg/s)

gh = amount of evaporated water per hour (kg/h)

Θ = ( 25 + 19 v ) = evaporation coefficient (kg/m2h)

v = velocity of air above the water surface (m/s)

A = water surface area (m2)

xs = maximum humidity ratio of saturated air at the same temperature as the water surface (kg/kg) (kg H2O in kg Dry Air)

x = humidity ratio air (kg/kg) (kg H2O in kg Dry Air)

Note! The units for Θ don't match since the this is an empirical equation - a result of experience and experiments.

Required Heat Supply

Most of the heat or energy required for the evaporation is taken from the water itself. To maintain the water temperature - heat must be supplied to the water.

Required heat to cover evaporation can be calculated as

q = hwe gs (2)

where

q = heat supplied (kJ/s (kW))

hwe = evaporation heat of water (kJ/kg)

Example - Evaporated Water from a Swimming Pool

There is a 50 m x 20 m swimming pool with water temperature 20 oC. The maximum saturation humidity ratio in the air above the water surface is 0.014659 kg/kg. With air temperature 25 oC and 50% relative humidity the humidity ratio in the air is 0.0098 kg/kg - check Mollier diagram .

With air velocity above the water surface 0.5 m/s the evaporation coefficient can be calculated as

Θ = (25 + 19 (0.5 m/s))

= 34.5 kg/m2h

The area of the swimming pool can be calculated as

A = (50 m) (20 m)

= 1000 m2

The evaporation from the surface can be calculated as

gs = (34.5 kg/m2h ) (1000 m2) ((0.014659 kg/kg) - (0.0098kg/kg)) / 3600

= 0.047 kg/s

The evaporation heat (enthalpy) of water at temperature at 20 oC is 2454 kJ/kg . The heat supply required to maintain the temperature of the water in the swimming pool can be calculated as

q = (2454 kJ/kg) (0.047 kg/s)

= 115.3 kW

The energy loss and required heat supply can be reduced by

Note! - during operation time the activity in a swimming pool may increase the evaporation of water and the required heat supply dramatically.

To reduce the energy consumption and to avoid moisture damages in building constructions it is common to use heat recycling devices with heat pumps moving latent heat from the air to the water in the swimming pool.

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