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New Passive Cooling as a Technique for Hot Arid Climate

Research Abstract
Cooling of buildings is an essential target for engineers and builders in the hot arid climate of Egypt. New cooling system was integrated into a single room built in Assiut University (El-Gorib site) in Assiut, Egypt. A passive cooling technique was integrated inside a short wind tower made from expanded paper (wet pad) 0.1 m thick. A water tube was installed on the top of the expanded paper with small nozzles. The results show that outlet air temperature from the wind tower is 27.3°C. The calculated predicted mean vote (PMV) is within the recommended range (−0.5 PMV +0.5). This indicates that occupants remain satisfied with indoor thermal environment after using the passive cooling system and the difference is nearly 6–7 K between outdoor and indoor. The system achieves the acceptable airflow rate with an average of 450 ppm for CO2 concentration during daytime. The relative humidity did not exceed 57% most of the time. The maximum airspeed inside the solar chimney was 3.5 m/s under the effect of a high solar radiation of 890 W/m2 . The findings show that solar chimney with passive cooling tower design (SCPC) system achieves comfortable thermal conditions with a significant improvement in building energy conservation
Research Authors
Amr Sayed Hassan Abdallah
Research Journal
Energy Systems and Environment-(Book chapter)
Research Member
Research Pages
15
Research Publisher
IntechOpen ----world's leading publisher of Open Access books
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
NULL
Research Website
https://www.intechopen.com/embed/energy-systems-and-environment/new-passive-cooling-as-a-technique-for-hot-arid-climate
Research Year
2018