LoginSimulation models basing on 2-dimensional finite-difference approach were developed for the steady-state and dynamic analyses of the thermal coupling of leakage airflows and building components.
12th AIVC Conference - Ottawa, Canada - 24-27 September 1991
The 12th AIVC Conference - Air movement and ventilation control within buildings, was held in Ottawa, Canada, 24-27 September 1991.
Contains 88 papers.
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Thermal coupling of leakage air flows and heating load in building components and buildings. | 1991 | English
Using thermofoil heaters for the experimental determination of the air flow patterns in a room. | 1991 | English
A new simple method is proposed here for the experimental singling out of the air flow patterns in a room.
Numerical prediction of airflow patterns and ventilation effectiveness in an open office environment. | 1991 | English
Numerical modelling is performed to predict air movement, thermal comfort level and contamination distribution within an open office space.
Thermal plumes in ventilated rooms - vertical volume flux influenced by enclosing walls. | 1991 | English
The flow rate in thermal plumes are influenced by many factors. Influence by enclosing walls is one of them.
Sandberg and Skaret differentiate between the terms air change efficiency and ventilation effectiveness.
Influence of radiative participation of inside air on natural convection in a room. | 1991 | English
The basis of this study are experimental results obtained on a real scale cell in controlled climatic conditions which are used to show the potential influence of radiative participation of inside air on natural convection in a room.
The airflow pattern and thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated classroom were predicted using CFD techniques.
As part of the AIVC's technical programme, study has been performed on present and advanced ventilation systems.
An integral mass balance formulation of the constant concentration tracer technique. | 1991 | English
This paper extends the integral mass balance approach to the remaining constant concentration technique.
Building design assessment through coupled heat and air flow simulation: two case studies. | 1991 | English
This paper is concerned with the application of air flow simulation in design.
Modern one-family houses in Scandinavia are often ventilated by an exhaust fan. Most of the outdoor air probably enters through whatever cracks and openings there are and only a small part enters through the supply vents in many of these houses.
Simplified, physical models for calculating infiltration in a single zone, usually calculate the air flows from the natural driving forces separately and then combine them.
The work in this paper contributes to the work in the IEA - Annex 20 "Air Flow Patterns within Buildings" and presents a series of full-scale measurements of the concentration distribution in a room with isothermal mixing ventilation.
Tracergases provide a way to determine airflows in different situations. In some cases it is the only way to get quantitative information.
This paper illustrates the principles of demand controlled ventilation systems (DCV) as applied to office buildings.
The reliability of infiltration and air movement data obtained from single tracer gas measurements in large spaces. | 1991 | English
The methods available for the measurement of air infiltration and air movement in large industrial halls are restricted by the size of the building and the nature of the operations which take place within it.
A laboratory investigation has been made in a modern Swedish bathroom continuously ventilated by an exhaust fan. The tests consisted of measurements of the humidity, temperature and local mean-age after a standard shower.
The performance of a system for demand-controlled ventilation was investigated for a period of 1.5 years. Presence sensors of the passive infrared type are used to control the ventilation rate in each classroom.
The simulation of infiltration rates and air movement in a naturally ventilated industrial building. | 1991 | English
This paper describes the application of numerical models to predict the ventilation rate and internal air movement patterns for a naturally ventilated industrial building and compares the results with measured data.
Ventilation flow analysis - flow visualisation and LDA measurements in water scale models, validation of numerical results. | 1991 | English
Within the frame of the IEA Annex 20, laboratory and numerical experiments were conducted in order to study the flow within an isothermal parallepipedic testroom (L x W x H = 4.2 m x 3.6 m x 2.5 m).