Simulation and measurement of air infiltration and pollutant transport using a passive solar test house
- Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
- Miyagi National College of Technology, Natori (Japan)
This paper describes the measured and calculated results of air infiltration and decay profiles of tracer gas in a passive solar test house used to evaluate the simulation model COMIS for multizone air infiltration and pollutant transport. The interior leakage and exterior windows and wall leakage were measured by the fan pressurization method. Air infiltration was measured in three rooms under different conditions. The concentration decay method using three gases, N{sub 2}O, SF{sub 6}, and CHCl{sub 2}F, was employed to find the air exchange rates and investigate indoor pollutant transport. The data, such as gas concentrations, temperatures, and wind, were measured in situ. In addition, the data from the measurements were used as simulation input data for air infiltration and pollutant concentrations, assuming tracer gases as the pollutant. The results of comparisons between measurement and simulation values of air exchange rates and tracer gas concentrations using the COMIS model are reasonable.
- OSTI ID:
- 87466
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950104-; TRN: IM9535%%97
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) winter meeting and exhibition, Chicago, IL (United States), 28 Jan - 1 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1995. Volume 101, Part 1; PB: 1517 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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