What is it about?
This article looks at a new breed of cooling wind-towers, which artfully blend the traditional principles behind a wind catcher with today’s technological advances. It tackles a study case where cool-towers are designed to cool outdoor courtyards across the Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Using CFD, we find that the cool-towers are capable of generating a relatively comfortable zone in the courtyard.
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A case study on evaporative cooling wind-towers performance using simulation with field corroborated results. The result is an effective, energy-efficient piece of technology that transforms the campus environment and the outdoor experience for students.
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This page is a summary of: Passive downdraught evaporative cooling wind-towers: A case study using simulation with field-corroborated results, Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, September 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0143624415603281.
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