Cross-ventilation and room partitions: Wind tunnel experiments on indoor airflow distribution
- QC Architectural Consulting, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Measurex Corp., Inc., Cupertino, CA (United States)
Environmental concerns and escalating energy costs are creating a demand for proper use of natural ventilation to provide thermal comfort. This paper presents the results of wind tunnel experiments studying the effect of interior partitions on natural cross-ventilation by directly measuring air velocity and turbulence distributions inside a building model. The results demonstrate that manipulating the configuration of internal partitions, as a less expensive alternative to many other architectural configurations, can significantly modify the effect of cross-ventilation and thermal comfort conditions. Particularly compared to traditional solid-wall configurations, open-plan configurations with low partitions improve internal airflow distribution and occupants` thermal comfort inside a naturally ventilated building in a hot climate.
- OSTI ID:
- 33247
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9406105-; TRN: IM9518%%68
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) annual meeting, Orlando, FL (United States), 25-29 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1994: Technical and symposium papers. Volume 100, Part 2; PB: 1372 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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