Enhanced Single-Sided Ventilation with Overhang in Buildings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Methods
2.1. Computational Geometry
2.2. Boundary Conditions
2.3. Numerical Procedure
2.4. Numerical Validations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Overhang on Ventilation Rates
- for the windward direction,
- for the leeward direction,
- for the side direction.
3.2. Changes to Flow Fields due to Overhang
3.3. Effect of Overhang on Local Mean Age of Air
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Park, J.; Choi, J.-I.; Rhee, G.H. Enhanced Single-Sided Ventilation with Overhang in Buildings. Energies 2016, 9, 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9030122
Park J, Choi J-I, Rhee GH. Enhanced Single-Sided Ventilation with Overhang in Buildings. Energies. 2016; 9(3):122. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9030122
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Jinsoo, Jung-Il Choi, and Gwang Hoon Rhee. 2016. "Enhanced Single-Sided Ventilation with Overhang in Buildings" Energies 9, no. 3: 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9030122