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Passive Cooling Techniques
Passive Cooling Techniques
PASSIVE COOLING
Passive cooling systems are least expensive means of cooling a home which
maximizes the efficiency of the building envelope without any use of mechanical
devices.
It rely on natural heat-sinks to remove heat from the building. They derive
cooling directly from evaporation, convection, and radiation without using any
intermediate electrical devices.
devices
All passive cooling strategies rely on daily changes in temperature and relative
humidity.
Also, designers often choose to enhance natural ventilation using tall spaces called
stacks
t k ini buildings.
b ildi
With openings near the top of stacks,
warm air can escape whereas cooler air
enters the building from openings near
the ground.
ground
Cool air from the ground level flows through the louvered openings of rooms
surrounding
di a courtyard,
t d thus
th producing
d i air
i flow.
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At night, the warm roof surfaces get cooled by convection and radiation.
If this heat exchange reduces roof surface temperature to wet bulb temperature of
air, condensation of atmospheric moisture occurs on the roof and the gain due to
condensation limits further cooling.
However, care should be taken that the courtyard does not receive intense solar
radiation, which would lead to conduction and radiation heat gains into the
b ildi
building.
EARTH AIR TUNNELS
Daily and annual temperature fluctuations
decrease with the increase in depth below the
ground surface.
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Two
T bl
blowers i t ll d in
installed i the
th tunnels
t l speed
d
up the process.
It is effective in hot and dry climate where the atmospheric humidity is low.
In evaporative cooling, the sensible heat of air is used to evaporate water, thereby
cooling the air, which, in turn, cools the living space of the building.
Increase
as in contact
o a b between water
a and
a daair increases
as s the rate
a o of evaporation.
apo a o
The presence of a water body such as a pond, lake, and sea near the building or a
fountain in a courtyard can provide a cooling effect.
The
Th mostt commonly l usedd system
t
is a desert cooler, which comprises
water, evaporative pads, a fan, and
pump.
1. Ground cover
2. Water sprinkler
3
3. Ins lated roof
Insulated
4. Shading trees
5. Water trough
A TYPICAL SECTION SHOWING PASSIVE SOLAR FEATURES OF WALMI BUILDING,BHOPAL
PASSIVE DOWN DRAUGHT COOLING
ROOF SPRAYS