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The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia

This paper presents a study on the performance of Low Energy Earth Pipe Cooling in Malaysia which has hot and humid climate throughout the year. The increasing demand of air-conditioning for cooling purposes motivates this investigation in search for better cooling alternative. The passive technolog...

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Main Authors: Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah, Shao, Li, Ibrahim, Md. Najib
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
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TH7005 Heating and ventilation
TJ807 Renewable energy sources
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spelling my.iium.irep.286092021-06-23T15:30:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28609/ The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Shao, Li Ibrahim, Md. Najib TH7005 Heating and ventilation TJ807 Renewable energy sources This paper presents a study on the performance of Low Energy Earth Pipe Cooling in Malaysia which has hot and humid climate throughout the year. The increasing demand of air-conditioning for cooling purposes motivates this investigation in search for better cooling alternative. The passive technology, where the ground was used as a heat sink to produce cooler air, has not been investigated systematically in hot and humid countries. Therefore, in this work, air and soil temperatures were measured on a test site in Kuala Lumpur. At 1m underground, the result is most significant, where the soil temperature are 6oC and 9oC lower than the maximum ambient temperature during wet and dry season, respectively. Polyethylene pipes were then buried around 0.5m, 1.0m and 1.5m underground and temperature reduction between inlet and outlet were compared in two different seasons; wet and dry seasons. A significant temperature reduction was found in these pipes: up to 6.4oC and 6.9oC depending on the season of the year. The results have shown the potential of Earth Pipe in providing low energy cooling in Malaysia. The temperature reduction is enough to help reduce escalating energy consumption in Malaysia. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28609/1/Aliyah_Sanusi_ICGBE_2012.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28609/3/Certificate.pdf Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah and Shao, Li and Ibrahim, Md. Najib (2012) The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia. In: International Conference on Green in the Built Environment (ICGBE) 2012, 29 - 30 May 2012, International Islamic University Malaysia.
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English
topic TH7005 Heating and ventilation
TJ807 Renewable energy sources
spellingShingle TH7005 Heating and ventilation
TJ807 Renewable energy sources
Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
Shao, Li
Ibrahim, Md. Najib
The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
description This paper presents a study on the performance of Low Energy Earth Pipe Cooling in Malaysia which has hot and humid climate throughout the year. The increasing demand of air-conditioning for cooling purposes motivates this investigation in search for better cooling alternative. The passive technology, where the ground was used as a heat sink to produce cooler air, has not been investigated systematically in hot and humid countries. Therefore, in this work, air and soil temperatures were measured on a test site in Kuala Lumpur. At 1m underground, the result is most significant, where the soil temperature are 6oC and 9oC lower than the maximum ambient temperature during wet and dry season, respectively. Polyethylene pipes were then buried around 0.5m, 1.0m and 1.5m underground and temperature reduction between inlet and outlet were compared in two different seasons; wet and dry seasons. A significant temperature reduction was found in these pipes: up to 6.4oC and 6.9oC depending on the season of the year. The results have shown the potential of Earth Pipe in providing low energy cooling in Malaysia. The temperature reduction is enough to help reduce escalating energy consumption in Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
Shao, Li
Ibrahim, Md. Najib
author_facet Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
Shao, Li
Ibrahim, Md. Najib
author_sort Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah
title The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
title_short The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
title_full The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
title_fullStr The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid Malaysia
title_sort potential of low energy earth pipe cooling in hot and humid malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/28609/1/Aliyah_Sanusi_ICGBE_2012.pdf
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