Study of wind towers with different funnels attached to increase natural ventilation in an underground building

Finding ways to cool buildings by natural, passive techniques is crucial in the context of global warming. For centuries, wind towers (traditional windcatchers) have been used in the Middle East for cooling purposes. In this study, the use of funnels at the openings of wind towers for wind ingress a...

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Main Authors: C.A. Varela-Boydo, S.L. Moya, R. Watkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers of Architectural Research
Subjects:
CFD
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263520300443