Performance of cool towers under various climates in Jordan

Badran, Ali A.

doi:10.1016/s0378-7788(03)00067-7

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“…Badran [8] investigated the performance of an evaporative cooling and multi-directional wind tower system. A mathematical model was developed to analyze the condition of air passing through the evaporative cooling column of the tower for different external conditions.…”

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CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate

et al. 2013

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Increasing focus on reducing energy consumption has raised public awareness of renewable energy resources, particularly the integration of natural ventilation devices in buildings such as wind towers. The purpose of this study is to integrate heat transfer devices in a wind tower to meet the internal comfort criteria in extreme external condtions. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to develop a numerical model of a wind tower system and simulate the air flow pattern around and through the device to the test room. Results have indicated that the average internal airflow rate was reduced following the integration of the vertical and horizontal heat transfer device configuration, reductions of 4.11% and 8.21% was obtained respectively. The work also compared the thermal performance of the passive ventilation device incorporating traditional evaporative cooling and heat transfer devices. The proposed cooling system was capable of reducing the air temperatures by 12-15K.

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CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate

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“…22) [82] and [128]. The movement of the air over wetted columns or surfaces causes evaporation so that air temperature is reduced and a comfortable environment is provided for the inhabitants [12] and [60].…”

Section: Evaporative Coolingmentioning

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A review on windcatcher for passive cooling and natural ventilation in buildings, Part 1: Indoor air quality and thermal comfort assessment

Jomehzadeh

Nejat

Calautit

et al. 2017

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The latter incorporates evaporative cooling pads at the tower entrance. Multi-directional evaporative cooling wind towers have also shown to lead to cost-effective solutions (Badran, 2003).…”

Section: Downdraught Cooling and Ventilation Towersmentioning

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The impact of ventilation cooling towers on plus energy houses in southern Europe

Babich

Cook

Cremers

et al. 2017

International Journal of Ventilation

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Cooling homes is often important to maintain acceptable internal comfort. This can be achieved by both active and passive solutions. This research focused on passive systems and has examined one hypothesis, that evaporative cooling towers are an important element of plus-energy houses in southern Europe. Refinements to the design of the existing ventilation tower of a Solar Decathlon House developed by the Hochschule f€ ur Technik Stuttgart are proposed and tested in eight locations in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain using dynamic thermal and computational fluid dynamics simulations in order to predict energy consumption, mean and peak CO 2 levels, temperatures, ventilation rates, cooling potential, fresh air distribution, indoor air quality and water consumption of the evaporative cooling system implemented within the tower. Results show that a 50% reduction of the annual energy demand for space cooling to be satisfied by other systems is achieved without compromising the internal comfort.

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Performance of cool towers under various climates in Jordan

Cited by 70 publications

References 4 publications

CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate

CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate

A review on windcatcher for passive cooling and natural ventilation in buildings, Part 1: Indoor air quality and thermal comfort assessment

The impact of ventilation cooling towers on plus energy houses in southern Europe

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