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Effect of calculation zoning on numerical modelling of ventilation airflows

Show Author's Information Andrzej Baranowski( ),  Joanna Ferdyn-Grygierek
Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 20, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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numerical simulation, natural ventilation, building models
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Baranowski A, Ferdyn-Grygierek J. Effect of calculation zoning on numerical modelling of ventilation airflows. Building Simulation, 2015, 8(1): 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-014-0193-4
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The paper presents the results of numerical simulation of infiltration and ventilation airflows in three different objects: small single-family building, school building and multifamily building. Each of these buildings was represented by several different numerical models varying in the degree of detail of calculation zoning representation, from the simplest, single-zone models to complicated, multizone ones. The results of simulations provided the data, which enable indication how the detail of zoning of the building affects the results of calculations of ventilation airflows. Simulations were carried out in CONTAM software. The results showed that the detail of zoning causes differences in air infiltration within the range of 7%-40% for particular cases. Several guidelines concerning building numerical models for simulation of ventilation airflows were formulated.


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Effect of calculation zoning on numerical modelling of ventilation airflows

Show Author's information Andrzej Baranowski( ), Joanna Ferdyn-Grygierek
Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 20, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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The paper presents the results of numerical simulation of infiltration and ventilation airflows in three different objects: small single-family building, school building and multifamily building. Each of these buildings was represented by several different numerical models varying in the degree of detail of calculation zoning representation, from the simplest, single-zone models to complicated, multizone ones. The results of simulations provided the data, which enable indication how the detail of zoning of the building affects the results of calculations of ventilation airflows. Simulations were carried out in CONTAM software. The results showed that the detail of zoning causes differences in air infiltration within the range of 7%-40% for particular cases. Several guidelines concerning building numerical models for simulation of ventilation airflows were formulated.

Keywords: numerical simulation, natural ventilation, building models

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Received: 04 February 2014
Revised: 24 June 2014
Accepted: 29 July 2014
Published: 20 August 2014
Issue date: February 2015

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