Passive ground cooling system for low energy buildings in Malaysia (hot and humid climates)
Passive ground cooling system for low energy buildings in Malaysia (hot and humid climates)
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DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.033
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
A. N. Z. Sanusi;L. Shao;M. Ibrahim
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作者:
A. N. Z. Sanusi;L. Shao;M. Ibrahim
This paper presents an investigation of Earth Pipe Cooling Technology, conducted in a university campus in Malaysia. It was intended to seek for a passive cooling alternative to air-conditioning. The technology, where the ground was used as a heat sink to produce cooler air, has not been investigated systematically in hot and humid countries. In this work, air and soil temperatures were measured. At 1 m underground, the result is most significant, where the soil temperature is 6 °C and 9 °C lower than the maximum ambient temperature during wet and hot and dry season, respectively. Polyethylene pipes were buried around 1.0 m underground and temperature drop between pipe inlet and outlet were compared. A significant temperature drop was found in these pipes: up to 6.4 °C and 6.9 °C depending on the season of the year. The result shows the potential of Earth Pipe in providing low energy cooling in Malaysia.