The intention of the authors is to find a proper air conditionning system to achieve higher IAQ environment.They consider a new air-conditioning system that uses both a Partition-type Fan-Coil Units system (PFCUs) with a Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS).
This paper deals first with experimental measurement performed in a test chamber to investigate the characteristics of temperature and moisture distributions. The effect of moisture accumulation in building material is studied too. Then a new approach is introduced to describe the simultaneous heat and moisture transfer. The results has been compared with a CFD model.
Few studies dealing with the effect of displacement ventilation on humidity gradient in a hot and humid region have been made . In this paper it is done with a case-study approach (measurements were made in a factory located in the Tropics). The results indicate that the humidity gradient is as significant as the temperature gradient..
The experiment was conducted by means of a scaled-room wtih floor supply ventilation system, it intended to know the vertical distribution of contaminant concentration emitted from a human body. The validity of the models has been proved in so far as the calculated concentrations were almost equal to the measured values.
Disturbances from the surroundind environment and boundary conditions can influence very much the flow pattern , particles concentration and temperature distribution in a room.This report confirms the importance of working with measurements and simulations in parallel. Simulations of indoor air quality need to be validated . Guidelines on how to combine results are discussed in the paper.
Using the model developed in part 1 of this paper, the influence of material kinds, ventilation and air-cleaning device on VOC concentration in room is studied. The conclusion is that ventilation rate plays a very important role on VOCs concentration, but it affects little on VOCs emission rate.
The study used CFD to examine reactions between ozone and terpenes in a room under 4 conditions. The study indicates that chemical reactions can significantly alter the concentration of air pollutants, an imperfect mixing may result in reactant and product concentrations significantly different from those predicted by the model that assumes fully mixed conditions.
This study consisted first in a sampling campaign that has shown the important levels of NCL3 encountered in swimming pools. Then a simulation of the NCL3 dispersion was conducted wtih the following simulation tools : TRNSYS (thermal simulation) and FLUENT (CFD simulation).
The article summarizes the results of three recent Danish studies showing that the improvement of air quality in offices increases productivity by 5% or more. It also mentions a recent Danish study about the annual benefit of improved air quality, which was found as being at least ten times higher than the increase in costs.
Ventilation strategies for multiunit residential buildings are described according to the results of a survey in 260 randomly selected buildings in Canada. Most buildings use corridor pressurization systems with an either central or apartment-based air exhaust. Some outdoor air is delivered to individual apartments, but in some cases, corridor air systems act as a ventilation system for individual apartments. Occupants complaints have been recorded, the main one being odor transfer between apartments.
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