Airflow and radon transport modeling in four large buildings
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Building and Fire Research Lab.
Computer simulations of multizone airflow and contaminant transport were performed in four large buildings using the program CONTAM88. This paper describes the physical characteristics of the buildings and their idealizations as multizone building airflow systems. These buildings include a twelve-story multifamily residential building, a five-story mechanically ventilated office building with an atrium, a seven-story mechanically ventilated office building with an underground parking garage, and a one-story school building. The air change rates and interzonal airflows of these buildings are predicted for a range of wind speeds, indoor-outdoor temperature differences, and percentages of outdoor air intake in the supply air Simulations of radon transport were also performed in the buildings to investigate the effects of indoor-outdoor temperature difference and wind speed on indoor radon concentrations.
- OSTI ID:
- 87467
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950104--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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