Multizone infiltration studies at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Conference
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OSTI ID:5689739
The simplified infiltration models now used to simulate incoming and outgoing air flows for single-zone structures, such as one-family houses, are not suitable for a high percentage of existing houses, whose floorplans classify them as multizone structures. Multizone infiltration requires extensive and complex information about the flow characteristics and pressure distribution inside the building, and thus has been too difficult to develop and to validate. Our purpose has been to devise a simplified multizone infiltration model. To this end, we have simplified the description of the air-flow distribution in a building by relying on lumped parameters. Further simulation runs are necessary to confirm that these parameters are sufficient for describing infiltration in buildings. This paper describes these parameters and the considerations involved in the development of our multizone infiltration model.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5689739
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-17940; EEB-EPB-86-05; CONF-850804-4; ON: DE86011311
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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