Solar-Powered Cooling System for Residential Building

High power consumption cooling devices such as air conditioners increase electricity power demands. In this project, an alternative solar-powered cooling system is suggested to reduce the air temperature to human comfort level and reduce their household electricity usage. Plants are used in this pro...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 268; no. 1; pp. 12165 - 12170
Main Authors Yaakob, Y, Ibrahim, D, Awalludin, M A, Moria, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2019
Subjects
Air conditioners
Air temperature
Bedrooms
Cooling
Cooling systems
Electricity
Power consumption
Power management
Power plants
Residential areas
Residential buildings
Solar energy
Thermal comfort
Transpiration
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Summary:High power consumption cooling devices such as air conditioners increase electricity power demands. In this project, an alternative solar-powered cooling system is suggested to reduce the air temperature to human comfort level and reduce their household electricity usage. Plants are used in this project to undergo transpiration, which is a natural process where moisture is carried from the roots to the underside of the leave to be evaporated. Heron's fountain technique was applied to reduce the power consumption of the water pump by lifting up water using gravity. Power consumption is reduced to 23 watts per hour and the air temperature around 1 °C to 2 °C of a 90 square feet single bedroom depending on the surrounding condition. This gives human a range of thermal comfort of 25 °C to 29 °C in residential buildings.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012165