A study of air flow and heat transfer in building-wind tower passive cooling systems applied to arid and semi-arid regions of Mexico

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-221

  Reyes, V A ^a   Moya, S L ^a   Morales, J M ^a   Sierra Espinosa, F Z ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conjugate CFD solution; Heat transfer; Passive cooling; Thermal comfort; Wind tower

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CONDITION; ELECTRICITY SAVING; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; MASSIVE STRUCTURES; PASSIVE COOLING; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; WIND TOWERS;

AIR; ARID REGIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT; TOWERS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84882326232     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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