Performance assessment of evaporatively-cooled window driven by solar chimney in hot and humid climates

As proper solar radiation data is critical in applying solar-driven technologies, an on-site weather station was established in Qatar for the measurement of several meteorological parameters for the entire year of 2016. The measurements represent actual validated data recordings in the city of Doha, mimicking harshly hot and humid weather conditions. The simple application of the evaporatively-cooled window on a typical office space subjected to such driving weather conditions was found to save 8.8% of the space total annual energy demand. During the summer, the performance of the system was enhanced by saving 11.3% of the space total daily heat gain. However, the benefits of the system diminished and were sometimes unfavorable during the winter due to its limited cooling performance caused by high humidity.