Viability of wind towers in achieving summer comfort in the hot arid regions of the middle east

Mehdi N. Bahadori

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, issue 5, 879-892

Abstract: Operation of conventional wind towers, or Baud-Geers, are described. Wind towers maintain natural ventilation through buildings due to wind or buoyancy effects. The tower structure is cooled externally through radiative transfer with the sky, and internally with the cool ambient air, circulated through the building and the tower during the night. During the day, the warm ambient air is partially cooled by the tower structure before entering the building. When passed over moist surfaces, air is cooled evaporatively. However, sensible and evaporative cooling potentials of conventional wind towers, which depend on the tower design, are limited. Another disadvantage of the conventional wind towers is the admittance of dust into the building.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90108-2

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