Evaporative Cooling Tower Architecture

Manuel correia guedes in sustainability energy and architecture 2013.

Evaporative cooling tower architecture. When evaporative processes are used to cool an element of the building which then acts as a heat sink this is known as indirect evaporative cooling. Cooling is provided whilst keeping the evaporative process outside which avoids elevating the indoor humidity level. Astula 4240 architecture. Mert carpenter photography the pavilion at laurel village 4240 architecture colorado state university fort collins colorado united states credit.

An evaporative cooling tower provides cooling based on a design wet bulb temperature. They are the most economical approach to cool large amounts of water. During the night the tower walls absorb heat from the air contained in the tower and the denser cooled air goes down inside the building. Evaporative cooling is achieved by an adiabatic process in which the sensible air temperature is reduced and compensated by latent heat gain.

The use of fountains and vegetation in the courtyards or the act of pouring water on the floor or the use of large porous clay pots filled with water. Evaporative cooling towers global ecology center carnegie institution for science ehdd 260 panama street stanford california united states credit. Evaporative cooling towers typically cool water to approximately 85 f but may cool as low as 65 f. Principles of evaporative cooling system a.

The air is cooled. An evaporative cooling tower system capable of achieving these goals has the potential to earn points toward energy optimization credit including up to 20 in existing buildings and up to 18 in new buildings. The malqaf is a tower used to catch the air situated in a high position on top of the buildings with a crown of column around facing the dominant winds. A building looking to achieve credits for optimizing energy performance can get about halfway to certification by implementing hvac.

Course contents evaporative coolers often called swamp coolers are cooling systems that use only water and a blower to circulate air.