Simple Venturi Pipe Keeps Home Cool
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There's an 8-in. dia. black stove pipe sticking out of the back of Roy Gottfried's home in Tampa, Florida. It looks like it should lead to a stove inside the house. But it's actually designed to cool the home, acting with a venturi pipe at the top that draws warm air out of the home and pulls cool air up from under the house.
The sun keeps the black pipe very warm. As hot air rises, it passes through the narrowing pipe at the top, and then expands quickly as it exits, creating a strong upward draft. Meanwhile, cool air under the house is pulled through an 8-in. dia. opening in the floor and into the house.
"It saves money because the air conditioner doesn't have to operate as often, and it also brings in fresh air that's better to breathe," says Gottfried. "During cool weather I install a cap on the pipe."
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Simple Venturi Pipe Keeps Home Cool BUILDINGS Houses 33-3-16 There's an 8-in. dia. black stove pipe sticking out of the back of Roy Gottfried's home in Tampa, Florida. It looks like it should lead to a stove inside the house. But it's actually designed to cool the home, acting with a venturi pipe at the top that draws warm air out of the home and pulls cool air up from under the house.
The sun keeps the black pipe very warm. As hot air rises, it passes through the narrowing pipe at the top, and then expands quickly as it exits, creating a strong upward draft. Meanwhile, cool air under the house is pulled through an 8-in. dia. opening in the floor and into the house.
"It saves money because the air conditioner doesn't have to operate as often, and it also brings in fresh air that's better to breathe," says Gottfried. "During cool weather I install a cap on the pipe."
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