APPLICATION OF PASSIVE DOWNDRAFT EVAPORATIVE COOLING (PDEC) TO NONDOMESTIC BUILDINGS

Authors
BOWMAN N LOMAS K COOK M EPPEL H FORD B HEWITT M CUCINELLA M FRANCIS E RODRIGUEZ E GONZALEZ R ALVAREZ S GALATA A LANARDE P BELARBI R
Citation
N. Bowman et al., APPLICATION OF PASSIVE DOWNDRAFT EVAPORATIVE COOLING (PDEC) TO NONDOMESTIC BUILDINGS, Renewable energy, 10(2-3), 1997, pp. 191-196
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels
Journal title
Renewable energy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09601481
Volume
10
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
191 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1481(1997)10:2-3<191:AOPDEC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The applicability of Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) fo r reducing energy consumption in hot dry climates is reviewed. A new E C Joule project explaining the application of PDEC in non-domestic bui ldings is described. The building performance assessment methodology w hich employs dynamic thermal simulation programs for thermal analysis, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for airflow modelling is discussed. The role which wind tunnel tests and field measurements ha ve in producing improved models is noted. Preliminary results from CFD benchmark trials are presented. Copyright (C) 1996 Published by Elsev ier Science Ltd.