An adjoint method for optimal ventilation design

Wei Liu, Qingyan Chen

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Abstract

This investigation studied an adjoint method to achieve the optimal design of ventilation in enclosed environment and validated it by two-dimensional cases. This study defined a part of the flow field and/or temperature field as the design objective and determined the thermo-fluid boundary conditions as the design variables. By using the adjoint method together with the optimality condition that was implemented in OpenFOAM, this investigation could find the optimal air supply parameters. With the air supply parameters, this study used CFD to calculate the flow and/or temperature fields, which are in a good agreement with the design objective. However, the adjoint method may lead to multiple optimal solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages243-250
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, BS 2013 - Chambery, France
Duration: 26 Aug 201328 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, BS 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityChambery
Period26/08/1328/08/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Modelling and Simulation

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