Experimental study of practical applications of a passive evaporative cooling wall with high water soaking-up ability

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-108

  He, Jiang ^a,b   Hoyano, Akira ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary attraction; Evaporative cooling; Passive cooling wall; Porous ceramics; Urban environment; Water soaking up

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ATTRACTION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING; POROUS CERAMICS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WATER SOAKING-UP;

BLOOD VESSELS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; LOCATION; PIPE; SUN; URBAN PLANNING;

COOLING;

CERAMICS; COOLING; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WALL;

EID: 77956224986     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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