Sustainable cooling system for Kuwait hot climate combining diurnal radiative cooling and indirect evaporative cooling system

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dc.contributor.authorKatramiz, Elvire
dc.contributor.authorAl Jebaei, Hussein
dc.contributor.authorAlotaibi, Sorour A.
dc.contributor.authorChakroun, Walid M.
dc.contributor.authorGhaddar, Nesreen K.
dc.contributor.authorGhali, Kamel Abou
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
dc.contributor.facultyMaroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:32:44Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:32:44Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the performance of a hybrid passive cooling system that combines a hydronic radiative cooling (RC) panel integrated with a cross-flow dew-point indirect evaporative cooler DPIEC equipped with a closed cycle water reclamation using air-water harvesting (AWH) system. The study was performed on a typical residential house located in the hot and mostly dry climate of Kuwait. The house hourly cooling load was calculated using the transient simulation software TRNSYS. A mathematical model integrating the hydronic RC panel and the DPIEC models was developed and simulated to predict the system operation over the cooling season. The integrated hybrid system's performance was compared with two systems: i) the DPIEC unit standalone, and ii) the conventional cooling system, while focusing on the role of the RC system. It was found that the use of the RC panel's power during nighttime and daytime reduced the water consumption of the DPIEC unit by an average of 44.2% in comparison to that of a DPIEC unit operating alone during the cooling season. Moreover, a significant reduction of 53.4% in the electrical energy consumption was achieved by hybrid system compared to a typical AC system during the entire cooling season in Kuwait. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.119045
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85092499761
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/27866
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAir water harvesting
dc.subjectDew point indirect evaporative cooling
dc.subjectEnergy savings
dc.subjectRadiative cooling
dc.subjectSimplified mathematical model
dc.subjectWater consumption
dc.subjectKuwait
dc.subjectAir
dc.subjectComputer software
dc.subjectEnergy utilization
dc.subjectEvaporative cooling systems
dc.subjectHybrid systems
dc.subjectThermoelectric equipment
dc.subjectWastewater reclamation
dc.subjectWater conservation
dc.subjectWater supply
dc.subjectElectrical energy consumption
dc.subjectIndirect evaporative cooler
dc.subjectIndirect evaporative cooling
dc.subjectResidential house
dc.subjectSystem operation
dc.subjectSystem's performance
dc.subjectTransient simulation
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectCooling
dc.subjectDetection method
dc.subjectSimulation
dc.subjectSoftware
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.titleSustainable cooling system for Kuwait hot climate combining diurnal radiative cooling and indirect evaporative cooling system
dc.typeArticle

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