An experimental investigation of the thermal effect due to discharging of phase change material in a room fitted with a windcatcher

Abdo, P; Huynh, BP; Braytee, A; Taghipour, R

An experimental investigation of the thermal effect due to discharging of phase change material in a room fitted with a windcatcher

Abdo, P

Huynh, BP Braytee, A

Taghipour, R

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Publisher:: Elsevier BV
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020, 61, pp. 102277-102277
Issue Date:: 2020-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abdo, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9650-2141
dc.contributor.author	Huynh, BP
dc.contributor.author	Braytee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2561-6496
dc.contributor.author	Taghipour, R
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-29T22:59:21Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-29T22:59:21Z
dc.date.issued	2020-10-01
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020, 61, pp. 102277-102277
dc.identifier.issn	2210-6707
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143597
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Elsevier Ltd This paper investigates experimentally the effect of the Phase Change Material (PCM) discharging process as a passive cooling technique on the performance of a two sided windcatcher fitted on an acrylic chamber with dimensions 1250 × 1000 × 750 mm3. Four different models with different locations of PCM are studied, and the results are compared with each other and with a fifth model with No PCM. PCM is integrated respectively at the walls of the chamber, its floor and ceiling and also within the windcatcher's inlet channel. Humidity, temperature and air velocity are monitored for each of the models studied. It is noted that with all the models containing PCM, the average humidity inside the chamber changed only slightly compared to the model with No PCM. The difference in humidity ranged between 0 and 3.88 % which indicates that the humidity variations are not significant. The model with the PCM located on the floor, ceiling and walls as well as in the windcatcher's inlet channel has shown the best performance, with a significant minimum reduction of average temperature in the chamber of about 2.75 °C (approximately 9.33 %) compared with the model with No PCM.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainable Cities and Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.scs.2020.102277
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.title	An experimental investigation of the thermal effect due to discharging of phase change material in a room fitted with a windcatcher
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	61
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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dc.date.updated	2020-10-29T22:59:12Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	61

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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd This paper investigates experimentally the effect of the Phase Change Material (PCM) discharging process as a passive cooling technique on the performance of a two sided windcatcher fitted on an acrylic chamber with dimensions 1250 × 1000 × 750 mm3. Four different models with different locations of PCM are studied, and the results are compared with each other and with a fifth model with No PCM. PCM is integrated respectively at the walls of the chamber, its floor and ceiling and also within the windcatcher's inlet channel. Humidity, temperature and air velocity are monitored for each of the models studied. It is noted that with all the models containing PCM, the average humidity inside the chamber changed only slightly compared to the model with No PCM. The difference in humidity ranged between 0 and 3.88 % which indicates that the humidity variations are not significant. The model with the PCM located on the floor, ceiling and walls as well as in the windcatcher's inlet channel has shown the best performance, with a significant minimum reduction of average temperature in the chamber of about 2.75 °C (approximately 9.33 %) compared with the model with No PCM.

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