The Cool House: House Coolant using Water as a Heat Transferring Agent

Cruz, T.D., Esguerra, H.A.D., Pangilinan, M.J.D.

Description:

Abstract

The device generally uses the concepts of heat transfer

This research involves the use of continuous water flow

and filtration. Water, that will fall from the elevated reservoir

from a water pump to cool a house. The goal of this re-

shall pour to the surface of the roof, thus making it cooler.

search is to provide another alternative for cooling a

Through this, the heat of the air shall transfer from higher to

house without consuming a higher amount of electricity.

lower temperatures. The air shall have a lower temperature

This research introduces the idea of non-electric cooling

and cool the house. The water on the surface of the roof

of houses and the innovation of water pumps to supply

will fall to a gutter system then go through a process of fil-

the continuous water flow that would act as a coolant of

tration through soil. This soil is multipurpose because it can

the house. The effectiveness of the device was tested

be used as planting grounds and can cool the water. A

through actual of testing of a prototype house, with the

pump is connected to another reservoir where the used

device, and another without the device. This research is

water will go and it will transport the water back to the ele-

said to be innovative, cost-effective and environment-

vated reservoir, thus, repeating the process/cycle.

friendly

PICTURES

Actual
Experiment
setup

House set-up
with device