A passive cooling wind catcher with heat pipe technology: CFD, wind tunnel and field-test analysis
- Submitting institution
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University of Nottingham, The
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1329849
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.045
- Title of journal
- Applied Energy
- Article number
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- First page
- 460
- Volume
- 162
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0306-2619
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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E - Buildings, Energy & Environment
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper presents the first experimental evidence of the feasibility and potential of a novel low energy cooling windcatcher integrated with a patented arrangement of heatpipes (WO2015087035). The study proved the system was capable of reducing the ambient air temperature by up to 12–15 °C while still providing the required fresh-air-rates. It was supported by GBP700,000 funding from Qatar National Research Fund, in partnership with Qatar University (NPRP09-138-2-059). It was instrumental in forming a spin-out company: http://www.freerunningbuildings.com and been used in the development of cooling strategies for the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar (contact: Manging Director, Free Running Buildings).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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