NUMERICAL STUDY OF VENTILATION FLOW THROUGH A TWO DIMENSIONAL ROOM FITTED WITH A WINDCATCHER

Niktash, A; Huynh, P

NUMERICAL STUDY OF VENTILATION FLOW THROUGH A TWO DIMENSIONAL ROOM FITTED WITH A WINDCATCHER

Niktash, A Huynh, P

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2011, pp. 1 - 6
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Niktash, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Huynh, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-8472	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Engineers, ASOM	en_US
dc.date	2011-11-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2011, pp. 1 - 6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29591
dc.description.abstract	A windcatcher is a natural ventilation device fitted on the roof of a building and divided internally into two halves to deliver fresh outside air into the building's interior, and induce the stale air to the outside, working by pressure difference between outside and inside of the building. In this work, air flow through a two-dimensional but real-sized room fitted with a windcatcher is investigated numerically, using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package. The standard K-å turbulence model is used. Flow pattern and flow velocity are considered in terms of the windcatchers location, inlet velocity, the shape of the windcatchers bottom and the length of the windcatchers bottom. It is found that when inlet velocity is not too low, the windcatcher's shape at its bottom strongly affects flow pattern and flow velocity in the room. This leads to a way of improving the windcatcher's effectiveness in ventilating the living area (lower part) of a room.	en_US
dc.publisher	ASME	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition	en_US
dc.title	NUMERICAL STUDY OF VENTILATION FLOW THROUGH A TWO DIMENSIONAL ROOM FITTED WITH A WINDCATCHER	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Denver, Colorado, USA	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Abstract:

A windcatcher is a natural ventilation device fitted on the roof of a building and divided internally into two halves to deliver fresh outside air into the building's interior, and induce the stale air to the outside, working by pressure difference between outside and inside of the building. In this work, air flow through a two-dimensional but real-sized room fitted with a windcatcher is investigated numerically, using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package. The standard K-å turbulence model is used. Flow pattern and flow velocity are considered in terms of the windcatchers location, inlet velocity, the shape of the windcatchers bottom and the length of the windcatchers bottom. It is found that when inlet velocity is not too low, the windcatcher's shape at its bottom strongly affects flow pattern and flow velocity in the room. This leads to a way of improving the windcatcher's effectiveness in ventilating the living area (lower part) of a room.

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