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Combined Ventilation Methods in a Large Scale Warehouse Building to Reduce Indoor Air Temperature

American Journal of Energy and Power Engineering
Vol.2 , No. 5, Publication Date: Sep. 22, 2015, Page: 74-78

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[1]	M. W. Muhieldeen, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia; Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia.
[2]	Danson Loi, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[3]	Vishnuvarthan A/L Paramanandam, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[4]	Wong Mun Fai, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[5]	Barrathan A/L Arthimoorthy, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[6]	Yeo Chuan Wei, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[7]	Kanesskumar A/L Latchumanan, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.
[8]	Gabriel Koh, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Built Environment (FETBE), UCSI University, Cheras, Malaysia.

Abstract

In current warehouse without proper air ventilation is causing the congregation of high humidity and high temperature indoor air which leads to health hazards for occupants in the warehouse building located in Sepang, Malaysia. Proposal offered involves economic and effective solutions targeted to reduce the temperature and humidity of the indoor air. The solutions involved installation of wind driven turbine and increase the openings of warehouse’s front and rear walls. The installation of wind driven turbine works based of Bernoulli’s principle and stack ventilation, while the increase of opening of warehouse’s both directions of walls enable outdoor air enter the building from windward and leeward direction. Overall, the solutions shall improve the human comfort with an expected of at most 4°C temperature drop within the warehouse.

Keywords

Air Ventilation, Human Comfort, Temperature Drop, Warehouse

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