Simulating the cooling effects of water spray systems in urban landscapes:A computational fluid dynamics study in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Heat waves and the related heat stress can increase human morbidity and mortality, decrease human productivity and increase building energy consumption for cooling. There is a need for sustainable systems to reduce heat stress in urban areas. Evaporative cooling by water spray systems is increasingly used for this purpose. However, the evaluation of the cooling potential of such systems is difficult. To our knowledge, a systematic investigation of the cooling potential of such a system in an actual urban area has not yet been performed. This paper presents high-resolution Computational Fluid D... Mehr ...