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International Building Simulation Conference 2007, Beijing, China.

Contains 288 papers.

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Numerical simulation and structure improvement on cyclone purifier for fresh air treating

Cyclone purifier has been conventionally used for separating particles from exhaustion. This paper, however, tried to develop a cyclone purifier…

Shuhui Xu, Minglian Zhou and Fenghua Duan
CFD simulation of a novel ventilation system of subway station in Harbin

According to the cold climate in winter, a new novel ventilation system was put forward based on the analysis of the heat distribution at the…

Xiyan Guan, Yiqiang Jiang, Yang Yao
Numerical Simulation of Thermal Comfort Degree in Radiant Floor Cooling Room

As a comfortable and energy-efficient air conditioning system, the application of radiant floor heating system is increasing greatly used in the…

Yanli Ren, Deying Li, Yufeng Zhang
Simulation model for multi-purpose evaluation of urban energy system

Urban issues to be resolved concerning building energy systems involve not only global warming but also the heat island phenomenon, the planning…

Saki Hashimoto, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Minoru Mizuno
The empirical validation of a model for small scale fuelcell cogeneration systems

A mathematical model has been developed for simulating the performance of small-scale fuel-cell cogeneration systems. An experimental programme…

Ian Beausoleil Morrison
Prediction of Energy Efficiency and Thermal Environment of Residential Buildings Utilizing PEFC-CGS Combined Floor Heating System

The systematic numerical simulation program is developed to calculate the total energy efficiency of housing polymer electrolyte fuel cell co-…

Nobuyasu Ayagaki, Akihito Ozaki, Hiroto Takaguchi, Hiroshi Kuroki and Toshiyuki Watanabe
Analysis of thermal environment near windows using air barrier technique

The air barrier technique is to apply the special airflow through window fan to improve the thermal environment near the windows in winter and…

Yufeng Jia, Chen Huang, Lan Liu
Optimal design method for buildings & urban energy systems using genetic algorithms

In this study, a new optimal design method for buildings and urban energy systems is proposed. Also its applicability is analyzed through a simple…

Ryozo Ooka, Kazuhiko Komamura
Meteorological data set for building thermal environment analysis of China

Meteorological data set for China building thermal environment analysis has been developed by Climatic Data Center of China Meteorological…

Fangting Song, Qunfei Zhu, Ruhong Wu, Yi Jiang, Anyuan Xiong, Bomin Wang, Yanjun Zhu, Qingxiang Li
Global efficiency of direct flow vacuum collectors in autonomous solar desiccant cooling: simulation and experimental results

Using solar thermal energy is an interesting option for heat driven air conditioning e.g. desiccant cooling, but it is very important to know with…

Paul Bourdoukan, Etienne Wurtz, Maurice Spérandio and Patrice Joubert
Simulation study of the influence of different urban canyons element to the canyon thermal environment

Heat island is a big issue for large cities especially located in hot and moist climate in Asian countries. The phenomenon is severer in an urban…

Naoko Yamaoka, Harunori Yoshida, Mitsuo Tanabe, Michiko Yamashita and Takuma Koga
An energetic-environmental building simulation model in transient state aimed at comfort evaluations

Through the paper a model simulating the thermal performances of an environment in transient state is presented. The model is composed by two…

Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa, Alfredo Pudano
Dynamic simulation of atrium thermal environment aiding building design

Atrium is becoming a popular common space in commercial buildings nowadays. In planning the thermal environment and air-conditioning system for…

Qunfei Zhu, Da Yan
HVAC system simulation and analysis based on uncertain inner heat gains

For large scale commercial buildings, the inner heat gains acts in an uncertain way in time serial and space. Presently, fixed schedule is…

Da Yan, Yi Jiang
Equivalent slabs approach to simulate the thermal performance of thermal bridges in building constructions

 In the paper, Equivalent Slabs approach is presented to compute thermal bridges in building constructions properly and quickly. The heat…

Xie Xiaona, Jiang Yi
A low-order thermal bridge dynamic model for building simulation

The heat transfer characteristics in building window frame have significant three-dimensional characteristics, but window U-value model are …

Y.Gao, J.J. Roux, L.H. Zhao
Discussion on methodology of applying building thermal simulation in in conceptual design

In order to realize “design by simulation” in building design, this paper discusses the methodology of applying building thermal simulation in the…

Yingxin Zhu, Chunhai Xia and Borong Lin
Numerical simulation study on the effects of fountain on around thermal environment

With the fast development of urbanization in China, the urban thermal environment has been worsen due to the more and more obvious heat island…

Borong Lin, Zhiqin Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Yingxin Zhu
Numerical method for calculating view factor between two surfaces

Long-wave radiation heat transfer is calculated using a geometrical factor the so-called view factor, which is normally estimated in a simplified…

Lílian Dobrowolski de Carvalho Augusto, Bruno Giacomet and Nathan Mendes
Frost damage of roof tiles in relatively warm area in Japan - condensation on external surface

Even in relatively warm area in Japan, frost damage of roof tiles occurs. In this study, the influences of several factors on frost damage are…

Chiemi Iba, Shuichi Hokoi
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