TY - GEN
T1 - Coupling multizone and CFD programs for building contaminant transport simulations
AU - Wang, L.
AU - Chen, Q.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A multizone model assumes that contaminant distribution in an indoor space is uniform. Simulation of contaminant transport in a building by the multizone model may not be accurate if the assumption fails. This paper shows how to improve the simulation of contaminant transport in the building by coupling a multizone program, CONTAM, with a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) program, CFD0. The simulation applied the CFD model to zones where contaminant was not uniformly distributed, and the multizone model to other zones. Experimental measurements were conducted in a four-zone chamber to obtain data for the validation of the coupled program. The numerical results agree reasonably well with the experimental data, while discrepancies exit in some locations.
AB - A multizone model assumes that contaminant distribution in an indoor space is uniform. Simulation of contaminant transport in a building by the multizone model may not be accurate if the assumption fails. This paper shows how to improve the simulation of contaminant transport in the building by coupling a multizone program, CONTAM, with a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) program, CFD0. The simulation applied the CFD model to zones where contaminant was not uniformly distributed, and the multizone model to other zones. Experimental measurements were conducted in a four-zone chamber to obtain data for the validation of the coupled program. The numerical results agree reasonably well with the experimental data, while discrepancies exit in some locations.
KW - CFD
KW - Contaminant transport
KW - Coupling
KW - Multizone
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871558609&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84871558609
SN - 9789899506718
T3 - HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
SP - 83
EP - 88
BT - HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings
T2 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006
Y2 - 4 June 2006 through 8 June 2006
ER -