Natural air motion in passive buildings

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5871861

Balcomb, J D; Jones, G F

The nature of natural convection is described, and a design chart is presented appropriate to a simple, single-doorway situation. Natural convective loops that can occur in buildings are described and a few experimental results are presented. Observations of stratification are discussed, similitude experiments are described, and the beginnings of a complete-system mathematical model are presented.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5871861
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-85-1045; CONF-850388-3; ON: DE85009623
• Resource Relation: Conference: Solar buildings: realities for today - trends for tomorrow, Washington, DC, USA, 18 Mar 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
NATURAL CONVECTION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
APERTURES
FLOW RATE
FLOW VISUALIZATION
HEAT TRANSFER
HYBRID SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STRATIFICATION
BUILDINGS
CONVECTION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS TRANSFER
OPENINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling