Winter air infiltration induced by combined buoyancy and wind forces in large-space buildings

2021 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 104501
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Liu ◽  
Xiaohua Liu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Chao Lin ◽  
Huai-Yu Zhong ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 261 ◽  
pp. 03041
Author(s):  
Qian Bin ◽  
Sun Liangliang ◽  
Yu Tao ◽  
Lei Bo ◽  
Bi Haiquan

High-speed railway station has a large space and a large amount of air infiltration, which has great influences on the thermal load, the thermal environment and the air quality. In this paper, the air infiltration and its distribution characteristics in winter and summer in different climatic zones are determined by CO2 concentration method. The results showed that buoyancy-driven pressure played a dominant role, and the infiltration air volume of 2.8 h-1 in winter is larger than that of 2.0 h-1 in summer. The infiltration air volume in the hot summer and cold winter zone and the hot summer and warm winter zone is larger than that in the cold zone. When the mechanical ventilation system for fresh air is turned off, the indoor CO2 concentration meets the human safety threshold. But it can be found that when the air infiltration volume is small enough to a certain extent, the air infiltration volume has a poor dilutive effect on pollutants in the deeper parts of the station. The tradeoff between the utilization of air infiltration and the elimination of mechanical ventilation needs to be furthered considered.


2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 107183
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Liu ◽  
Xiaohua Liu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Ryozo Ooka ◽  
Hideki Kikumoto

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Liu ◽  
Xiaohua Liu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Bowen Guan

Currently, many airports in China are being built or retrofitted. Reducing energy consumption in airport terminals is of the utmost urgency. This paper describes on-site measurements of indoor thermal environment and air infiltration of a hub airport in winter in southwest China. Air velocity measurements with air volume balance check and thermal balance check were applied to assess air infiltration rates in terminal buildings. In unsecured halls, air infiltration rates were 0.61 air change per hour (ACH) (6.6 m3/(h m2)) and 0.28 ACH (3.0 m3/(h m2)) when space heating was on and off, respectively; while in secured piers, those two air infiltration rates were 0.42 ACH (2.6 m3/(h m2)) and 0.24 ACH (1.5 m3/(h m2)). Air infiltration consumed 66–92% of heat supplied by space heating systems, showing that winter air infiltration significantly affects indoor thermal environment and energy consumption in terminal buildings where air flows out through the doors of service walkways and open skylights on the roof. Furthermore, influences of building characteristics, space heating systems and outdoor temperatures on winter air infiltration in large space buildings were analysed. This research helps to clarify the key issues influencing indoor thermal environment and proposes solutions for energy saving in terminal buildings.


1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 761-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Maccone

AbstractSETI from space is currently envisaged in three ways: i) by large space antennas orbiting the Earth that could be used for both VLBI and SETI (VSOP and RadioAstron missions), ii) by a radiotelescope inside the Saha far side Moon crater and an Earth-link antenna on the Mare Smythii near side plain. Such SETIMOON mission would require no astronaut work since a Tether, deployed in Moon orbit until the two antennas landed softly, would also be the cable connecting them. Alternatively, a data relay satellite orbiting the Earth-Moon Lagrangian pointL2would avoid the Earthlink antenna, iii) by a large space antenna put at the foci of the Sun gravitational lens: 1) for electromagnetic waves, the minimal focal distance is 550 Astronomical Units (AU) or 14 times beyond Pluto. One could use the huge radio magnifications of sources aligned to the Sun and spacecraft; 2) for gravitational waves and neutrinos, the focus lies between 22.45 and 29.59 AU (Uranus and Neptune orbits), with a flight time of less than 30 years. Two new space missions, of SETI interest if ET’s use neutrinos for communications, are proposed.


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