Concrete slab cooling system

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study is a study that was inspired by our ancestors, a study that takes advantages of a natural phenomenon, a study that can lighten the burden on our pockets and this study is called "Pervious Slab Cooling System". The first ones that stumbled and exploit this idea are our ancestors, and one of that ancestors are the Roman Empire build aqueducts that can be seen across the landscapes of Europe that stretches hundreds of miles and is supplied by fresh water (pura). Our ancestors piped through the walls of selected houses in order to cool the brickwork and lower the room temperature. And the other ancestors that also exploit it are the ancient people of Egypt and this was proven when a frescoes or plaster paintings from about 2500 B.C. shows a slaves fanning jars of water to cool rooms for royalty. And there are also archeological trail of buildings incorporating mechanisms for evaporative space cooling starts in Ancient Egypt. The mechanism they used include porous water pots, water ponds, pools, and thin water chutes integrated in various ways into thick walled and shaded enclosures to yield areas that would have been cool. The studies main purpose is to cool a room by evaporative cooling and a secondary purpose can be added in this study and that is to avoid money consumption by using an AC unit or other cooling appliance that consume money. In order to prove that the study can cool a room by evaporative cooling the researchers conducted and recorded the tests. This tests were conducted several times with different settings consisting of reference, water only and with previous. This test were read and recorded from 10am to 4pm with an hour of interval between the time ranges. The data is then compared to the inside and outside temperature and by doing so the result that the researchers acquire is that the pervious slab cooling systems do cool a room. An electronic sensor is needed in, the surface of the pervious and the drainage system must be improve so that the pervious slab cooling system can be an independent system that can sustain itself and function at its best for a longer period of time although maintenance is going to be needed from time to time.