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Subject: How can I use wind and the Venturi effect to cool a building?

Date: Fri Aug 25 16:45:01 2000
Posted by Jerry Wilcox
Grade level: grad (science) School: Henderson State
City: Arkadelphia State/Province: AR Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 967236301.Ph
Message:

A previous Mad Scientist post states, "Sometimes, venturi effect can work 
for you, in the sense that controlling wind effect can substitute air 
conditioning system... inside some large corridor."  Also, I read in 
National Geographic that the Arabs used the wind to make ice.  I first 
became interested in this when I visited an ice cave in South Dakota.  The 
cave maintains a year-round temperature below freezing even when the 
surface temp. is over 100 degrees F.  I have not been able to find a 
single article that describes how to use this principle in architectural 
design.  (Mad Scientist is a great site, thanks.)



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