CFD Simulation Studies on Integrated Approach of Solar Chimney and Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger for Building Space Conditioning

Shiv Lal; Subhash Chand Kaushik

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CFD Simulation Studies on Integrated Approach of Solar Chimney and Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger for Building Space Conditioning

Shiv Lal, Subhash Chand Kaushik

Published in International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment (Volume 2, Issue 3)

Received: 3 May 2017 Accepted: 31 May 2017 Published: 30 June 2017

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Individual studies on solar chimney and earth air tunnel heat exchanger have been carried out by various researchers but individual systems are not fulfilling the space heating and cooling demand of buildings. So, integrated approach of solar chimney and earth air heat exchanger has been studying in this communication. Computational fluid dynamics software is used for the modelling and simulation studies. The cooling effect is produced by 5.30-6.72 kW at 40°C ambient temperature and space heating is evaluated as 10.28-14.71 kW at 5°C ambient temperature and 400-1000 W/m2 16 solar radiations. And it is sufficient heating and cooling for buildings at average solar irradiance. The SC-EATHE integrated system approach produced 18 37% higher heating and cooling effect than the EATHE alone system.

Published in	International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijeee.20170203.11
Page(s)	32-39
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Solar Chimney, Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger, Integrated Approach, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

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Shiv Lal, Subhash Chand Kaushik. CFD Simulation Studies on Integrated Approach of Solar Chimney and Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger for Building Space Conditioning. Int J Econ Energy Environ. 2017;2(3):32-39. doi: 10.11648/j.ijeee.20170203.11

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Shiv Lal

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India
Subhash Chand Kaushik

Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

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Shiv Lal; Subhash Chand Kaushik. CFD Simulation Studies on Integrated Approach of Solar Chimney and Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger for Building Space Conditioning. Int. J. Econ. Energy Environ. 2017, 2(3), 32-39. doi: 10.11648/j.ijeee.20170203.11

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 year = {2017}
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