Performance evaluation of new designs of wind towers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 257, Issue 2 B, 2002, Pages 1015-1022

  Bahadori, Mehdi N ^a   Pakzad, Amir R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Natural evaporative cooling; Natural ventilation; Passive cooling; Wind towers

Indexed keywords

MASS FLOW RATE; THERMAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; WETTED COLUMNS; WETTED SURFACES; WIND SPEED; WIND TOWERS;

AIR; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 0036439442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2002-31247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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