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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2009.078</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2009.078</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>A novel combined Wind catcher Psychro-Energy Core indirect evaporative cooling System</article-title></title-group>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
        <name><surname>Elzaidabi</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name>
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        <email>abdalla.elzaidabi@nottingham.ac.uk</email>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Omer</surname><given-names>S. A.</given-names></name>
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      </contrib>
      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Riffat</surname><given-names>S. B.</given-names></name>
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      </contrib>
      <aff id="aff1">Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, School of the Built Environment, the University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK</aff>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>31</day><month>08</month><year>2009</year></pub-date>
      <volume>8</volume>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">978-3-9813246-1-7</isbn>
      <fpage>1</fpage>
      <lpage>7</lpage>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://caravelpress.com/proceedings/set/papers/2009.078"/>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received"><string-date>31 August 2009</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2009 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract><p>This paper presents results of an experiment conducted to investigate the performance of a newly developed air cooling system comprising a Psychometric Energy Core (PEC), cooling unit assisted wind catcher technology. A laboratory unit of the combined system was designed and constructed using a wind catcher and a PEC unit. The purpose of the wind catcher is to assist air flow in and out of the PEC unit. This is achieved using a double concentric hallow ducting system; an outer large circular duct for fresh air supply and a smaller central duct to allow exhaust air from the PEC to exit the system. A series of tests were conducted using a wind tunnel, in order to assess the performance of the system under varying wind speed and ambient temperature. Results of the tests show that, the system has a potential of operation passively without a support of a fan under certain wind speeds. A fan would be required at very low wind speed to overcome the pressure drop through the PEC core channels.</p></abstract>
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        <kwd>Psychometric Energy Core</kwd>
        <kwd>wind catcher</kwd>
        <kwd>indirect evaporative cooling</kwd>
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      <conference>
        <conf-date>31 August to 3 September 2009</conf-date>
        <conf-name>8th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2009</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>8</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Aachen, Germany</conf-loc>
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