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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299620203321

Autore

Bahādurīʹnizhād Mahdī

Titolo

Wind Towers : Architecture, Climate and Sustainability / / by Mehdi N. Bahadori, Alireza Dehghani-sanij, Ali Sayigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-05876-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

621.042

697.9

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources

Architecture

Building

Renewable and Green Energy

Architecture, general

Building Construction and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The History of Baudgeers -- The Architecture of Baudgeers -- An Analytical – Numerical Study of the Performance of Conventional Wind Towers -- An Analytical – Numerical Study of the Performance of New Designs of Wind towers -- Performance Evaluation of New Designs of Baudgeers Compared to the Conventional Ones -- Designing, Constructing and Testing Conventional Baudgeers and New Designs -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Pictures of Baudgeers.

Sommario/riassunto

This unique volume provides the only holistic treatment of wind towers, a core aspect of sustainable architecture in hot, arid climates. The authors explain how traditional incarnations of these structures provide significant decreases in energy consumption through their use of renewable wind resources to cool buildings and water storage facilities. Beginning with the underlying scientific principles, the design and operation of wind towers is explained in depth, and suggestions



for optimization are provided, supported by the authors' findings from recent analytical studies.