Multifunctional Solar Chimney : From Idea to Practice

Long (Professor Shi

ISBN 10: 0443339864 / ISBN 13: 9780443339868

Published by Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Jun 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Multifunctional Solar Chimney in Buildings: From Idea to Practice is the first book on multifunctional solar chimneys that integrates energy saving, natural ventilation, and fire safety. The book introduces fundamental influencing factors and optimization design, theoretical deduction of both heating and cooling modes, the impacts of wind environments, solar chimney applications, fulfilment of WHO requirements, idea validation of multifunctional solar chimney, and finally, the applications of multifunctional solar chimney in buildings and tunnels.This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in solar chimney technology, sustainable building design, and fire safety engineering, including researchers, engineers, architects, developers, scientists, faculty, advanced students, and policymakers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multifunctional Solar Chimney : From Idea to Practice
• Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Jun 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443339864
• ISBN 13: 9780443339868
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 0D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 460 grams

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Synopsis

Multifunctional Solar Chimney in Buildings: From Idea to Practice is the first book on multifunctional solar chimneys that integrates energy saving, natural ventilation, and fire safety. The book introduces fundamental influencing factors and optimization design, theoretical deduction of both heating and cooling modes, the impacts of wind environments, solar chimney applications, fulfilment of WHO requirements, idea validation of multifunctional solar chimney, and finally, the applications of multifunctional solar chimney in buildings and tunnels.

This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in solar chimney technology, sustainable building design, and fire safety engineering, including researchers, engineers, architects, developers, scientists, faculty, advanced students, and policymakers.

• Explores the new idea of multifunctional solar chimney, covering experimental validation, numerical expansion, and real building implementation
• Supports reduced cost of renewable energy systems in the building sector
• Covers both renewable energy and fire safety, building a foundation for future multidisciplinary collaboration

About the Author

Long Shi, PhD, is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science at the University of Science and Technology of China. He has been working on integrating renewable energy and fire safety systems for over 15 years. He has published over 150 papers in SCI indexed journals and designed the world-first multifunctional solar chimney building in Melbourne, Australia, which led him to be a Finalist of Australian Engineering Excellence Awards.