The aim of this paper is to achieve the thermal comfort inside building with the mean of passive and hybrid evaporative cooling. The application was carried on Aswan in south Egypt in the biggest desert of the world, where the climate is very hot and dry. A building model was developed to calculate the effect of the evaporative cooling. A comparative study is carried on Islamic, traditional and modern architecture building arts. The calculations was done each hour, each day allover the year. The results were plotted for a representative summer day. The evaporative cooling has a great effect on the room cooling. The comfort conditions were gained in the ground and upper floor with direct evaporation of 15 l/d and 25 l/d consequently accompanied with summer night ventilation 5 h-1. The required amount of water could be gained with the mean of water areas like fountains, or moving water areas like Salsabil, water walls, water drop units with the help of air movement.
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
1999
Research Journal
The 2nd International Conference on Sustainability in Desert Regions, Faculty of Engineering, the United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, U. A. E.
Research Publisher
United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, U. A. E.
Research Vol
The 2nd International Conference on Sustainability in Desert Regions
Research Rank
3
Research_Pages
12
Research Website
United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, U. A. E.
Research Abstract