PREDICTING NATURAL VENTILATION IN A TWO-ZONE BUILDING DRIVEN BY COMBINED FORCES
Natural ventilation relies on less controllable natural forces so that it needs more artificial control, and thus its prediction, design and analysis become more important. This paper presents both theoretical and numerical simulations for predicting the natural ventilation flow in a two-zone building with multiple openings which is subjected to the combined natural forces. To our knowledge, this is the first analytical solutions obtained so far for a building with more than one zones and in each zone with possibly more than 2 openings. The analytical solution offers a possibility for validating a multi-zone airflow program. A computer program MIX is employed to conduct the numerical simulation. Good agreement is achieved. Different airflow modes are identified and some design recommendations are also provided.
Natural ventilation Two-zone building Large openings
Zhiwen Luo Yuguo Li
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-09-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）