A new design of wind tower for passive ventilation in buildings to reduce energy consumption in windy regions

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-195

  Dehghani Sanij, A R ^a   Soltani, M ^b,c   Raahemifar, K ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Passive cooling system; Solar chimney; Thermal comfort; Wind tower

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOLAR CHIMNEYS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOWERS; WIND;

COMMON KNOWLEDGE; ENERGY; IN-BUILDINGS; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM; PASSIVE VENTILATION; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WIND TOWERS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84908583816     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.018     Document Type: Review

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