Comparison between evaporative cooling and a heat pipe assisted thermal loop for a commercial wind tower in hot and dry climatic conditions

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 101; pp. 740 - 755
• Main Authors: Calautit, John Kaiser, Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah, Hughes, Ben Richard, Ghani, Saud Abdul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air conditioning. Ventilation; Air flow; air temperature; Applied sciences; buildings; CFD; climatic factors; Computer simulation; cooling; cooling systems; Devices; Devices using thermal energy; Dynamical systems; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; ethanol; Ethyl alcohol; Evaporative cooling; Exact sciences and technology; funding; guidelines; heat exchangers; Heat pipes; heat transfer; Heating, air conditioning and ventilation; mathematical models; Multiphase; natural ventilation; pipes; renewable energy sources; stream flow; Transient; Ventilation; Volume fraction; wind; Wind tower; Wind towers; CFD; Wind tower; Evaporative cooling; Transient; Volume fraction; Multiphase

► Incorporating heat pipes within a roof mounted wind tower to meet internal comfort. ► Multiphase flow behaviour investigation on water and ethanol as heat pipe fluids. ► Comparison was established between a heat pipe integrated wind tower and evaporative cooling method. ► The proposed system consi...