Integrating a passive downdraught evaporative cooling tower into a Saudi house - The impact of climatic conditions on PDEC performance

Alshenaifi, Mohammad; Sharples, Steve; Abuhussain, Mohammed Awad; Alotaibi, Badr S.; Aldersoni, Ali Abdulmohsen; Abdelhafez, Mohamed Hssan Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110497

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“…IOP Publishing doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1285/1/012011 10 referred to the PDEC working system as a "reverse thermal chimney." [11]…”

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Traditionally Originated Modern Technology Motivated Passive Downdraft Cooling System: An Eco-friendly Triple Harvest Solution

Bhatia

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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With rising heat waves and climate change, the big cities are meshing up with the buildings woven in urban fabric that are becoming power-guzzling air-conditioning machines that increase energy demand multi-fold. This has the side effect of heating up the environment because the return heat from air conditioners mixes with the surrounding air. This dents the microclimate and makes the micro and macro systems worse, as this process is continuous without break. So it will be a disaster for the environment in the future. To mitigate the problem, the paper borrows traditional wisdom to merge with smart technology and create comfortable built spaces in hot-dry and hot-humid weather conditions, based on the principles of evaporative cooling, the venturi effect, and the faraday law of electromagnetic induction. The output of adopting these principles creates comfort conditions for air ventilation with improved air quality and a natural air-conditioning system, ensuring the luxury of contact-free cool air in habitable spaces. The process is based on interoperability, which is built into the system to self-generate and consume renewable energy. The integration of information into the system is a spontaneous cycle of production and consumption of energy. This ensures its self-sufficiency, which bridges the research gap in the design of an upgraded passive downdraft cooling system with three self-sufficient and effective benefits in a single system.

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“…IOP Publishing doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1285/1/012011 10 referred to the PDEC working system as a "reverse thermal chimney." [11]…”

Section: Table 1 Comparative Analysis Of the Literature Review With T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditionally Originated Modern Technology Motivated Passive Downdraft Cooling System: An Eco-friendly Triple Harvest Solution

Bhatia

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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A cooling demand estimator for housing communities in a warming world

Saikia,

Corcoran,

Ugalde-Loo

et al. 2025

Applied Energy

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Passive cooling and thermal comfort performance of Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) towers in a Saudi library: An on-site study

Alshenaifi,

Mesloub,

Alfraidi

et al. 2024

Building and Environment

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Integrating a passive downdraught evaporative cooling tower into a Saudi house - The impact of climatic conditions on PDEC performance

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Traditionally Originated Modern Technology Motivated Passive Downdraft Cooling System: An Eco-friendly Triple Harvest Solution

Traditionally Originated Modern Technology Motivated Passive Downdraft Cooling System: An Eco-friendly Triple Harvest Solution

A cooling demand estimator for housing communities in a warming world

Passive cooling and thermal comfort performance of Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) towers in a Saudi library: An on-site study

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