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Wind Catchers

Wind Catcher is a passive cooling architectural system that belongs to the class of natural ventilation strategies, distinguished by its use of vertically oriented, purpose-built towers designed to capture, direct, and cool indoor airflows through buildings using wind pressure and thermal buoyancy effects.

50

Publications

2.2K

Citations

133

Authors

62

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Variants

Wind Towers

Parents

Publications

50

CFD simulation of cross-ventilation in buildings using rooftop wind-catchers: Impact of outlet openings

H. Montazeri, F. Montazeri · Renewable Energy · 2017 · 169 citations · Full text

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Experimental and numerical study on natural ventilation performance of various multi-opening wind catchers

Hamid Montazeri · Building and Environment · 2010 · 167 citations

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Experimental study on natural ventilation performance of one-sided wind catcher

H. Montazeri, R. Azizian · Building and Environment · 2008 · 149 citations

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Two-sided wind catcher performance evaluation using experimental, numerical and analytical modeling

H. Montazeri, F. Montazeri, R. Azizian et al. · Renewable Energy · 2010 · 140 citations

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Evaluation of airflow and thermal comfort in buildings ventilated with wind catchers: Simulation of conditions in Yazd City, Iran

Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Elham Shokry, A.J. Ahmadian Hosseini et al. · Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development · 2016 · 93 citations

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Authors

133

  1. HM
    H. Montazeri

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    5 publications · 540 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. MH
    Maryam Hossein Ghadiri

    National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

    3 publications · 76 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. AE
    Abbas Elmualim

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 160 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. MK
    M. Kazemi Esfeh

    Yazd University, Iran

    3 publications · 200 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. MD
    Mojtaba Dehghan Manshadi

    Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran

    3 publications · 200 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 133

Institutions

62

  1. Yazd University

    Yazd, Iran

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  3. Isfahan University of Technology

    Isfahan, Iran

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    366 citations

  4. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    258 citations

  5. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    359 citations

  6. University of Guilan

    Rasht, Iran

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    164 citations

  7. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

  8. Wuhan University of Technology

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    223 citations

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Venues

  1. Renewable Energy

    5 publications · 487 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. Journal of Building Engineering

    3 publications · 81 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Energy and Buildings

    3 publications · 215 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Energy and Built Environment

    EBE · 2 publications · 57 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Building and Environment

    2 publications · 316 citations

    2

    h-index

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