[HTML][HTML] Urban Physics: Effect of the micro-climate on comfort, health and energy demand

P Moonen, T Defraeye, V Dorer, B Blocken… - Frontiers of Architectural …, 2012 - Elsevier
The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the
modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its …

CFD and ventilation research

Y Li, PV Nielsen - Indoor air, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a rapid growth of scientific literature on the application of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) in the research of ventilation and indoor air science. With a 1000–10,000 …

Fifty years of CFD for room air distribution

PV Nielsen - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was first introduced in the ventilation industry in the
1970s. CFD has been increasingly used since then, as testified by the number of peer …

Evaluation of various turbulence models in predicting airflow and turbulence in enclosed environments by CFD: Part 1—Summary of prevalent turbulence models

ZJ Zhai, Z Zhang, W Zhang, QY Chen - Hvac&R Research, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Air distribution in enclosed environments is crucial to thermal comfort and air quality.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has played an important role in evaluating and …

Application of TOPSIS method in evaluating the effects of supply vane angle of a task/ambient air conditioning system on energy utilization and thermal comfort

N Mao, M Song, S Deng - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In subtropical area, air conditioning (A/C) is widely used to provide a suitable thermal indoor
environment. During operation, many parameters or configurations may influence the …

Evaluation of various turbulence models for the prediction of the airflow and temperature distributions in atria

S Hussain, PH Oosthuizen, A Kalendar - Energy and Buildings, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper the performance of various turbulence models potentially suitable for the
prediction of indoor air flow and temperature distributions in an atrium space was evaluated …

The potential influence of building optimization and passive design strategies on natural ventilation systems in underground buildings: The state of the art

A Mukhtar, MZ Yusoff, KC Ng - Tunnelling and Underground Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most of the underground buildings rely on mechanical ventilation system for achieving an
acceptable indoor thermal comfort level. In order to alleviate the greenhouse effect, it is …

A review of CFD analysis methods for personalized ventilation (PV) in indoor built environments

J Liu, S Zhu, MK Kim, J Srebric - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an effective analysis method of personalized
ventilation (PV) in indoor built environments. As an increasingly important supplement to …

Classroom energy efficiency and air environment with displacement natural ventilation in a passive public school building

Y Wang, FY Zhao, J Kuckelkorn, D Liu, J Liu… - Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation is an effective method to simultaneously improve indoor air quality and
reduce energy consumption in buildings, especially when indoor temperature is close to …

Formal calibration methodology for CFD models of naturally ventilated indoor environments

M Hajdukiewicz, M Geron, MM Keane - Building and Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Well planned natural ventilation strategies and systems in the built environments may
provide healthy and comfortable indoor conditions, while contributing to a significant …