CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 576-591

  Calautit, John Kaiser ^a   Hughes, Ben Richard ^a   Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah ^a   Ghani, Saud Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer device; Natural ventilation; Passive cooling; Wind tower

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VENTILATION;

HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE; NATURAL VENTILATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE VENTILATION; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WIND TOWERS;

TOWERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GUIDELINE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; VENTILATION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84884205092     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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