windage loss

windage loss

[′win·dij ‚lȯs] (engineering) In a ventilating or air-conditioning system, the decrease in the water content of the circulating air due to the loss of entrained droplets of water; expressed as a percentage of the rate of circulation.

windage loss

A loss of fine droplets of water which are entrained by circulating air; this loss of water in a system (e.g., in the cooling tower of an air-conditioning system) is replaced by makeup water; usually expressed as a percentage of the circulation rate.