Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling

The study on the use of rainwater as a supplementary water supply for residential dwellings was conducted. This study elaborates rainwater harvesting systems that can be applied at residential dwellings with an additional passive cooling system. The analysis was conducted by building a database of r...

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Main Author:	Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10009/1/AbdurahimAlmabrukShatewiMFKM2008.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.100092018-10-14T07:21:30Z Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling 2008-05 Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The study on the use of rainwater as a supplementary water supply for residential dwellings was conducted. This study elaborates rainwater harvesting systems that can be applied at residential dwellings with an additional passive cooling system. The analysis was conducted by building a database of rainfall in the test area. The monthly household use was estimated to determine the sizing for the rainwater harvesting system. This analysis was then used to determine the optimum size of the overall rainwater harvesting system. A passive cooling system using rainwater as the cooling agent was designed to reduce indoor temperatures. This passive cooling would contribute to the reduction of the indoor temperatures and the cooling load of the air conditioning system, which will in turn, reduces electrical energy consumption. A proposed cost analysis will be conducted on the prototype system to determine its economic feasibility to be applied at residential dwellings. This economic review will also included the savings from water and electricity bills. These savings will be used to determine the simple payback period on the initial investment to build the systems. From the study we can make some comparisons and conclude the viability of implementing the system in terms of monetary savings and the long term application of a sustainable and renewable source of water. 2008-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10009/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10009/1/AbdurahimAlmabrukShatewiMFKM2008.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
description	The study on the use of rainwater as a supplementary water supply for residential dwellings was conducted. This study elaborates rainwater harvesting systems that can be applied at residential dwellings with an additional passive cooling system. The analysis was conducted by building a database of rainfall in the test area. The monthly household use was estimated to determine the sizing for the rainwater harvesting system. This analysis was then used to determine the optimum size of the overall rainwater harvesting system. A passive cooling system using rainwater as the cooling agent was designed to reduce indoor temperatures. This passive cooling would contribute to the reduction of the indoor temperatures and the cooling load of the air conditioning system, which will in turn, reduces electrical energy consumption. A proposed cost analysis will be conducted on the prototype system to determine its economic feasibility to be applied at residential dwellings. This economic review will also included the savings from water and electricity bills. These savings will be used to determine the simple payback period on the initial investment to build the systems. From the study we can make some comparisons and conclude the viability of implementing the system in terms of monetary savings and the long term application of a sustainable and renewable source of water.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim
author_facet	Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim
author_sort	Almabruk Shatewi, Abdurahim
title	Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
title_short	Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
title_full	Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
title_fullStr	Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
title_full_unstemmed	Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
title_sort	techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2008
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10009/1/AbdurahimAlmabrukShatewiMFKM2008.pdf
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Techno-economics of rainwater harvesting technology for domestic usage and cooling

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