Performance evaluation of air flow and thermal comfort in the room with wind-catcher using different CFD techniques under neutral atmospheric boundary layer

• Main Authors: Ahmed Kabir, Ijaz Fazil Syed, Kanagalingam, Sivamoorthy, Safiyullah, Ferozkhan
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Thermal Comfort; Wind-Catcher; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89283; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46191
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Energy usage in buildings using conventional Heat Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems can be considerably reduced on using natural ventilation systems like wind catcher. In addition to high energy consumptions in conventional HVAC, other disadvantages include ozone layer depletion due to CFC...