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Title: Validation of a zero-equation turbulence model for complex indoor airflow simulation

Abstract

The design of an indoor environment requires a tool that can quickly predict the three-dimensional distributions of air velocity, temperature, and contaminant concentrations in the room on a desktop computer. This investigation has tested a zero-equation turbulence model for the prediction of the indoor environment in an office with displacement ventilation, with a heater and infiltration and with forced convection and a partition wall. The computed air velocity and temperature distributions agree well with the measured data. The computing time for each case is less than seven minutes on a PC Pentium II, 350 MHz.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
American Society of Heating, Refrig. and Air Conditioning Engineers; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
20085633
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (US), 06/18/1999--06/23/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: ASHRAE Transactions: Technical and symposium papers presented at the 1999 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.; Volume 105, Part 2, by Geshwiler, M.; Harrell, D.; Roberson, T. [eds.], 1360 pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; FLOW MODELS; AIR FLOW; FLOW RATE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; THERMAL COMFORT; AIR INFILTRATION; WALLS; VENTILATION; THEORETICAL DATA

Citation Formats

Srebric, J, Chen, Q, and Glicksman, L R. Validation of a zero-equation turbulence model for complex indoor airflow simulation. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Srebric, J, Chen, Q, & Glicksman, L R. Validation of a zero-equation turbulence model for complex indoor airflow simulation. United States.
Srebric, J, Chen, Q, and Glicksman, L R. 1999. "Validation of a zero-equation turbulence model for complex indoor airflow simulation". United States.
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abstractNote = {The design of an indoor environment requires a tool that can quickly predict the three-dimensional distributions of air velocity, temperature, and contaminant concentrations in the room on a desktop computer. This investigation has tested a zero-equation turbulence model for the prediction of the indoor environment in an office with displacement ventilation, with a heater and infiltration and with forced convection and a partition wall. The computed air velocity and temperature distributions agree well with the measured data. The computing time for each case is less than seven minutes on a PC Pentium II, 350 MHz.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
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