A two-layer turbulence model for simulating indoor airflow - Part II. Applications

Weiran Xu, Qingyan Chen

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Abstract

Energy efficient buildings should provide a thermally comfortable and healthy indoor environment. Most indoor airflows involve combined forced and natural convection (mixed convection). This paper used a two-layer model to predict such flows. This model used a one-equation model for near-wall region and the standard k-ε model for the outer-wall region. Its validation in six cases shows good agreements between the computed results and measured data. In addition, the computing cost required by the model has been reduced significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)627-639
Number of pages13
JournalEnergy and Buildings
Volume33
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2001

Keywords

  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Indoor airflow
  • Two-layer turbulence model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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