Numerical Analysis of Natural Ventilation on One Side of a Room with Two Different Opening Configurations

Zhicheng Fang, Wanjiang Wang (), Yanhui Chen, Hui Fan, Ruoqi Dong, Dongbing Pang and Junkang Song
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Zhicheng Fang: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Wanjiang Wang: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Yanhui Chen: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Hui Fan: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Ruoqi Dong: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Dongbing Pang: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Junkang Song: School of Architecture and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-19

Abstract: Single-side natural ventilation is a commonly used means of ventilation to effectively regulate the thermal environment in building interiors without any fossil energy consumption. To achieve most of the potential for the efficiency of single-side natural ventilation, research needs to be undertaken into the forces that drive single-side natural ventilation. This paper examines the single-side natural ventilation of a single vertical single opening (SSO) and a vertical double opening (SDO) in a freestanding building under wind and thermal pressure. The change in the trajectory of vortex shedding when the building is leeward as well as the frequency of vortex shedding in square buildings was investigated by large eddy simulation (LES), and computational fluid dynamics was used to analyze the difference in the air exchange rate of single-side natural ventilation of SSO and SDO in the windward and leeward conditions of the building. Both of these methods were used in conjunction with one another. According to the findings, the creation of vortices at SSO and SDO in the presence of low wind speeds reduces the ventilation effect of thermal pressure under windward circumstances. Consequently, the influence of thermal stress and wind stress ultimately cancel each other out, and this phenomenon finally disappears as the wind blowing from the outside of the structure increases. The shedding of vortices in the leeward state accomplishes a form of air supply pumping with a particular periodicity of airflow fluctuations in the lateral direction. The Strouhal number computed using the LES simulation acts in a manner consistent with the experimental findings.

Keywords: CFD simulation; natural ventilation; windward; leeward; building energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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