Application of improved CFD modeling for prediction and mitigation of traffic-related air pollution hotspots in a realistic urban street

T Lauriks, R Longo, D Baetens, M Derudi… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The correct prediction of air pollutants dispersed in urban areas is of paramount importance
to safety, public health and a sustainable environment. Vehicular traffic is one of the main …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulations of turbulent flow and dispersion in built environment: A perspective review

Y Tominaga - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a powerful analysis tool in wind engineering, has been
applied to a wide variety of problems over the past few decades. The application of CFD to …

Effect of building cross-section shape on air pollutant dispersion around buildings

E Keshavarzian, R Jin, K Dong, KCS Kwok - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This research investigates the effect of building cross-section shape on the air pollutant
dispersion around an isolated building. A Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) model was …

RANS model calibration using stochastic optimization for accuracy improvement of urban airflow CFD modeling

M Shirzadi, PA Mirzaei, Y Tominaga - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a systematic calibration methodology is proposed for enhancing the accuracy
of urban airflow simulations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models based on the …

[HTML][HTML] RANS simulation of near-field dispersion of reactive air pollutants

AU Weerasuriya, X Zhang, KT Tse, CH Liu… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In conventional modeling of air pollution dispersion, pollutants are treated as passive
scalars or inert species even though most of them are chemically reactive [1]. Chemical …

WRF-CFD coupling method to investigate the effect of sea-land breeze on dispersion of time-dependent traffic pollutant at street scales

J He, Y Kang, Q Yao, D Chen, K Zhong - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind speed and direction in coastal cities change drastically over time under the effect of the
sea-land breeze (SLB). Therefore, the flow field and traffic pollutant dispersion at the street …

A multi-fidelity framework for the estimation of the turbulent Schmidt number in the simulation of atmospheric dispersion

R Longo, A Bellemans, M Derudi, A Parente - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
A multi-fidelity framework is presented to accurately predict the turbulent Schmidt number, S
ct, with applications to atmospheric dispersion modelling. According to the literature and …

Impact of urban environment on Savonius wind turbine performance: A numerical perspective

R Longo, P Nicastro, M Natalini, P Schito, R Mereu… - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is employed to evaluate the influence of
surrounding buildings on the performance of a roof-mounted, 2-bladed Savonius vertical …

CFD analysis of the influence of a perimeter wall on the natural gas dispersion from an LNG pool

M Bellegoni, F Ovidi, G Landucci, L Tognotti… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We developed an innovative tool to support the simulation of gas dispersion from liquefied
natural gas pools in presence of obstacles. For the first time, the systematic evaluation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of flammable range for pure fuels and mixtures using detailed kinetics

A Bertolino, A Stagni, A Cuoci, T Faravelli… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the flammable range of several hydrocarbons was predicted using a freely-
propagating flame method for pure hydrocarbons and their mixtures, investigating the effects …