SOURCES OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY PROBLEM IN A NEW HOSPITAL IN MALAYSIA

Malaysia is situated near the equator of earth where the weather is hot and humid. The vulnerableenvironment has induced many Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) concerns in hospitals by health professions inmany countries. There is mounting evidence on IAQ exposure leading to excessive morbidity andmortality. Many extensive studies have been conducted but there is not many IAQ standard to-date.The objective of the study is to present the finding of the source of indoor air quality in a new hospital inMalaysia. The study also presents the solution to overcome the IAQ problem faced by the hospital.

CFD STUDY OF THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED TRAIN STATION BUILDING

This study evaluated and optimized the thermal environment inside an air-conditioned train stationbuilding using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The impacts of some air-conditioningdesign parameters such as supply air temperature, velocity, altitude and incidence angle on indoorthermal environment were discussed. The primary air-conditioning design scheme was optimized.

THE NUMERICAL CALCULATION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF PLATE-FIN ENTHALPHY EXCHANGER

The heat and mass transfer mode of the plate-fin enthalpy exchanger is simplified as the cross-flowheat exchanger in which the fluids of two sides do not mix up. Based on the analogical principle of heatand mass transfer, the relationship of? ? NTU is computed and plotted by the numerical calculation.Compared this relationship with experimental result, it can be drawn that this relationship is accurate tomeet the requirement of engineering. According to the result of numerical calculation and experiment,air face rate has more influence on sensible efficiency than latent efficiency.

THE COMPARISON OF IMPACT OF THE AIRFLOWS OF AN AXIAL FAN’S SUCTION AND BLOWING SECTIONS ON HUMAN SENSATION

As two common kinds of air supply modes, natural wind and mechanical wind have obvious differenceson human sensation. From former researches, it can be seen that the 1/f fluctuation property of thespectrum of natural wind is an important factor to cause people feel more comfortable.

THERMAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS ON DISTRIBUTED POWER-SUPPLY SYSTEM OF GAS TURBINE CO-GENERATION

In This paper, we offered a method of exergy-economic coefficient ? analyzed the distributedpower-supply system of gas turbine co-generation and calculated the exergy-economic coefficients ofthis system. The results indicated that the distributed power-supply system of gas turbinecogeneration had higher thermal economy?Further we analyzed the sensitivities and got theexergy-economic coefficient of this system under different natural gass prices?

SIMULATION OF TASK AIR CONDITIONING AND BACKGROUND AIR CONDITIONING COMBINED USED IN AN OFFICE ROOM

As a new way of air conditioning, task air conditioning (TAC) system is often used in combine withbackground air conditioning (traditional central air conditioning) system. In this research, the ComputationalFluid Dynamics (CFD) technique is used to analyze the impact on thermal environment of task zone whenthese two air conditioning systems are used together. The purpose is to find the thermal satisfactory workingconditions of the task air conditioning when the temperature of the background air conditioning is set to behigh.

DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERALIZED RADIATION CALCULATION SYSTEM

In the study of indoor and outdoor thermal environment, the analysis and calculation for radiation are adifficulty when the opaque and half-transparent objects exist together, especially for analyzing theindoor environment for atrium, building with large scale transparent envelope and some half-open areawith plants. The traditional method is hard to deal with the long-wave and short-wave radiation issueswhen several opaque and half-transparent objects exist together, and the accuracy description of thethermal environment becomes a problem.

THE EFFECT OF BUILDING ENERGY RATING ON THE INTELLIGENT BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (IBCP) IN KOREA

The Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation(MOCT) has imported the Intelligent BuildingCertification Program(IBCP) to grant certification by evaluating the standard of Intelligent buildings(IB).The purpose of this research is to introduce the IBCP of Korea and to analysis of energy reduction ratein buildings from the enforcement of certification system. At this time, the result of deriving items relatedto building energy among evaluation items of IBCP and performing comparative analysis by setting upthe standard building have been presented for the amount of energy reduction.

CFD ANALYSIS OF AIRFLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN OFFICE ROOM WITH TASK AIR-CONDITIONING AND NATURAL VENTILATION

The performance of indoor airflow for the office room with the hybrid air-conditioning system has beeninvestigated by means of CFD analysis. The hybrid air-conditioning system is composed of under floorair supply outlets for task zone and the natural ventilation openings for ambient zone. The measureddata (Kotani et al. 2006) at the office room in existence was used as the boundary condition of the flowrate of each natural ventilation opening and task flow outlets for CFD.

A STUDY OF SOLAR CONTROL FILM IN A HOTEL BUILDING

Energy tariff is a major cost in hotel operation. Effective use of energy can reduce operationalexpenditures and has important environmental benefits. Solar heat gain particularly throughfenestration, contributes to a significant proportion of the building envelope cooling load. More solarradiation means more total solar heat gain and hence, more cooling requirements and larger electricityconsumption for air-conditioning in hot summer. Daylight makes an interior space look more lively andattractive and people expect good natural lighting in their living spaces.

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