Coupling multizone and CFD programs for building contaminant transport simulations

L. Wang; Q. Chen

Coupling multizone and CFD programs for building contaminant transport simulations

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings
Subtitle of host publication	Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Pages	83-88
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 4 Jun 2006 → 8 Jun 2006

Publication series

Name	HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Volume	5

Conference

Conference	Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisboa
Period	4/06/06 → 8/06/06

Keywords

CFD
Contaminant transport
Coupling
Multizone

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Wang, L & Chen, Q 2006, Coupling multizone and CFD programs for building contaminant transport simulations. in HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings. HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings, vol. 5, pp. 83-88, Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006, Lisboa, Portugal, 4/06/06.

Coupling multizone and CFD programs for building contaminant transport simulations. / Wang, L.; Chen, Q.

HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings. 2006. p. 83-88 (HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings; Vol. 5).

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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