Passive cooling dissipation techniques for buildings and other structures: The state of the art

M Santamouris, D Kolokotsa - Energy and Buildings, 2013 - Elsevier
Passive cooling in the built environment is now reaching is phase of maturity. Passive
cooling is achieved by the use of techniques for solar and heat control, heat amortization …

Indirect evaporative cooling: Past, present and future potentials

Z Duan, C Zhan, X Zhang, M Mustafa, X Zhao… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reported a review based study into the Indirect Evaporative Cooling (IEC)
technology, which was undertaken from a variety of aspects including background, history …

Effects of evaporative cooling on efficiency of photovoltaic modules

AH Alami - Energy Conversion and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The output decline of solar photovoltaic modules as their temperature increase during
operation is a major concern for developers and users. This paper investigates the utilization …

Indirect evaporative cooler considering condensation from primary air: Model development and parameter analysis

Y Chen, H Yang, Y Luo - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The indirect evaporative cooler (IEC), regarded as a low-carbon cooling device, was
proposed as fresh air pre-cooling and heat recovery device in the air-conditioning system to …

Assessing the applicability of passive cooling and heating techniques through climate factors: An overview

A Tejero-González, M Andrés-Chicote… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
A review on climate parameters affecting applicability of passive and low energy heating
and cooling techniques is presented. The study has been developed from existing research …

Performance enhancement and heat and mass transfer characteristics of direct evaporative building free cooling using corrugated cellulose papers

SA Nada, HF Elattar, MA Mahmoud, A Fouda - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In hot and dry climatic zones, direct evaporative cooling (DEC) system is used as an
economical and efficient alternative to traditional air conditioning systems. The present …

Numerical simulation of a novel energy-efficient dew-point evaporative air cooler

X Cui, KJ Chua, WM Yang - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
We present simulation results on a novel dew-point evaporative air conditioner which was
designed based on a counter-flow closed-loop configuration consisting of separated …

Designing a PCM storage system using the effectiveness-number of transfer units method in low energy cooling of buildings

NHS Tay, M Belusko, F Bruno - Energy and buildings, 2012 - Elsevier
An investigation into characterising and optimising the useful latent energy that can be
stored within a tube-in-tank phase change thermal energy storage system has been …

Energy and exergy performance comparison of conventional, dew point and new external-cooling indirect evaporative coolers

Y Yang, C Ren, C Yang, M Tu, B Luo, J Fu - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
External-cooling indirect evaporative cooling is an effective energy saving technology,
where air–water finned coils are linked with packed cooling tower by water pipes. However …

A review of the advance of HVAC technologies as witnessed in ENB publications in the period from 1987 to 2014

Y Huang, J Niu - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
As one of the leading journals in building energy studies, Energy and Buildings has
witnessed the great efforts in the research community and professional society in advancing …