International Journal of Ventilation, Volume 5, 2006-2007
Volume content
A study was performed on the effects of porosity on discharge coefficient and airflow characteristics under the condition where uniform approaching flow…
Wind-induced cross ventilation is one of the key technologies for saving energy while controlling the indoor environment, and seems to be a crucial element…
Case studies provide essential evidence about the performance of buildings. They also illustrate the methods by which a technology can be implemented as…
Traditional naturally ventilated houses are not designed for active thermal control. When natural ventilation is not sufficient for thermal comfort and a…
An underfloor ventilation system providing three different airflow patterns, a mixing ventilation system, and a displacement ventilation system utilizing a…
This paper presents an assessment of indoor air quality and various ventilation strategies inside a school building located in the south of Portugal. In the…
The Local Dynamic Similarity Model (LDSM) is a ventilation model for predicting the discharge coefficient and the inflow angle at the opening of a cross-…
The possible benefits of automatic ventilation control of trickle ventilators in dwellings are investigated. Such ventilators could offer an improvement in…
Ventilation characteristics of the Columbus module are numerically predicted on the basis of the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and Large Eddy…
Five fire scenarios have been simulated with the CFD model Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) to analyse the performance-based fire safety design of a 2935 m-…
This paper presents an experimental and numerical analysis of building cooling using night-time coldaccumulation in phase change material (PCM), otherwise…
The objective of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is to satisfy users when it comes to health, indoor air quality (IAQ), and thermal…
The authors outline the knowledge they have gained through their design experience on the efficacy of natural ventilation in non-residential buildings in…
In this study, the evaluation of cross ventilation is presented based on the simultaneous analysis of inside and outside conditions and for wind directions…
The aim of the work was to investigate the effect of upstream geometry of the nozzle on the turbulence mixing and temperature distribution in still air…
This paper describes the classical approach for calculation of wind driven airflow through large openings in buildings and discusses the fulfilment of the…
This paper reports on tracer gas measurements of the ventilation flow within a low-energy building.Constant-concentration, decay and homogenous tracer gas…
A healthy indoor environment with sufficient fresh air is a prerequisite for the well-being and highproductivity of building occupants. Carbon dioxide (CO2…
It is known that discharge coefficients vary with wind direction and opening position. The local dynamic similarity model of cross-ventilation can select…
In the case of cross ventilation through a large opening, it is well known that the inflow direction at the opening is not normal to the opening. A…