3-D simulation of urban warming in Tokyo and proposal of air-cooled city project
Recent computer projection of the urban warming in Tokyo metropolitan area around the year 2030 showed the authors that the urban temperature near Otemachi, heart of Tokyo, will exceed 43{+-}2 degree Celsius (110 degree Fahrenheit) at 6 p.m. in the summer. In the present paper, modeling and 3-D simulation results of urban warming in the Tokyo metropolitan area were presented and discussed. Furthermore, the effect of the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) emissions was discussed by using a newly developed 3-D simulation code. Finally, the authors proposed a new concept; cool-air ventilated city project, which alleviates the urban warming, air pollution, and urban discomfort. In this project, the urban outdoor and indoor spaces are ventilated by clean cooled-air, which is produced in the rural or mountainous regions located far away from the urban area. Water of a huge reservoir is cooled below 4 degree Celsius in winter by utilizing sky radiation cooling and will be kept until the summer for indoor and outdoor space cooling. In this study, the feasibility of this system was discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Tohoku Univ., Sendai (JP)
- OSTI ID:
- 20019115
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, San Diego, CA (US), 03/14/1999--03/19/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating Systems required: Windows i386, i486, Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95, or NT3.51, 8MB Ram, MacIntosh and Power MacIntosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM (5 MB for PowerMac), 6 MB available hard-disk space, Unix; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 5th ASME/JSME thermal engineering joint conference, [3600] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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