Investigation of effect of tracer species on tracer mixing using CFD.

Tracer-gas techniques are widely used for measurement of airflow in buildings and their accuracy depends critically on the uniformity of tracerlair mixing. However, tracer mixing is still an unsolved problem and the effect of many factors remains unclear. This paper presents a study of the effect on mixing of tracer species. The investigation concentrated on tracer mixing involved in the decay technique, which is the most widely used version of the tracer gas method.