low-energy cooling of buildings

Stack-Driven Ventilation in Two Interconnected Rooms Sharing a Single Opening and Connected to the Exterior by a Lower Vent

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This paper describes the transient ventilation of two interconnected rooms. One of them has a negative buoyancy source located at ceiling level, similar to an overhead split type air-conditioning system with ductless distribution, whereas the other has a vent at floor level. The flow evolution from short- and long-term analytical models was determined and confirmed with scale-model salt bath experiments.