Simulation of Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer Within Building Interiors

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-17-2005

Publication Title

2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Publisher

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

First page number:

859

Last page number:

864

Abstract

An hp finite element-based model has been developed to calculate heat, mass, and momentum transfer within rooms and building interiors. The hp-adaptive methodology is based on both mesh enrichment (h-adaptation) and spectral order incensement (p-adaptation) in an effort to produce accurate results with the least computational cost. A Lagrangian Particle Transport (LPT) technique is coupled with the adaptive scheme to simulate mass transport. The model is particularly amenable for depicting the transport of contaminants associated with indoor air quality. The hp-adaptive algorithm is validated using natural convection in a square enclosure. The model is subsequently applied to the simulation of momentum, heat, and mass transport within building interiors: air and temperature distribution patterns are presented along with potential pathways of a powder dispersing within an office.

Keywords

Heat; Heat – Transmission; Indoor air quality; Mass transfer; Momentum; Momentum transfer; Pollutants; Simulation

Disciplines

Fluid Dynamics | Heat Transfer, Combustion | Mechanical Engineering

Language

English

Comments

ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, July 17–22, 2005

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