A review of factors affecting occupant comfort in multi-unit residential buildings

MS Andargie, M Touchie, W O'Brien - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditionally, less focus has been given to comfort evaluations in residential buildings
compared to commercial buildings. Despite having an increased level of control relative to …

Influence of internal thermal mass on the indoor thermal dynamics and integration of phase change materials in furniture for building energy storage: A review

H Johra, P Heiselberg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing share of intermittent renewable energy on the grid encourages researchers
to develop demand-side management strategies. Passive heat storage in the indoor space …

Effects of wing wall at the balcony on the natural ventilation performance in medium-rise residential buildings

FM Ghadikolaei, DR Ossen, MF Mohamed - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
A deep plan layout and internal partitioning and resistances along the wind path in interior
spaces make single-sided ventilation the only strategy possible for residential units. In this …

CFD study of the thermal environment in an air-conditioned train station building

Q Li, H Yoshino, A Mochida, B Lei, Q Meng… - Building and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study used the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to evaluate the indoor
thermal environment of an air-conditioned train station building under three types of air …

Effective improvement of a local thermal environment using multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation

W Zhang, W Zhang, H Zhang, Y Xuan, X Liu - Building Simulation, 2023 - Springer
Indoor thermal comfort is essential as it improves living standards. Activity scenarios of
personnel are in the process of a dynamic change. In most interior spaces with fixed working …

Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture

K Horikiri, Y Yao, J Yao - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal environment of a 3-D ventilated room was studied by computational fluid
dynamics to understand correlations between heat generation, ventilation velocity and …

Evaluation of thermal comfort in Galatsi Arena of the Olympics “Athens 2004” using a CFD model

AI Stamou, I Katsiris, A Schaelin - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2008 - Elsevier
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was used to evaluate the thermal comfort
conditions in the indoor stadium of the Galatsi Arena, which hosted the sports of rhythmic …

Extending effective draft temperature to cover full range of air velocity

S Zhang, D Niu, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The effective draft temperature (EDT) is widely used for the evaluation of air distribution
performance regarding thermal comfort. The applicability of the conventional EDT is limited …

Short-range bioaerosol deposition and inhalation of cough droplets and performance of personalized ventilation

JC Xu, CT Wang, SC Fu, KC Chan… - Aerosol Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
A short distance between infected persons and exposed persons can probably result in a
high risk of respiratory infection. This work experimentally investigated the short-range …

Response surface models for CFD predictions of air diffusion performance index in a displacement ventilated office

KC Ng, K Kadirgama, EYK Ng - Energy and Buildings, 2008 - Elsevier
Based on the Response Surface Methodology (RSM), the development of first-and second-
order models for predicting the Air Diffusion Performance Index (ADPI) in a displacement …