Indoor Environment State of Classrooms Situated in the Loft Spaces of Civil Engineering Faculty TU in Kosice – Dynamic Analysis Using Design Builder

2013 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Martin Kovac ◽  
Katarina Knizova
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Night Ventilation

A purpose of this submission is a dynamic analysis of indoor environment on the suitably chosen classrooms, which are situated in loft spaces of Civil Engineering Faculty TU of Kosice. The evaluation was doing by using energy simulation tool DesignBuilder. In this submission there are compared different modes of natural ventilation during a day, with or without night ventilation. The next subject of presented analysis is to consider the installation of the exterior shading elements and their influence on a modification of an operative temperature in classrooms. The purpose of the whole submission is to obtain a dynamic view of indoor environment changes that are determined by internal and external factors.

Efficiency of Natural Ventilation in Central Greenhouse of Botanical Garden in Kosice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Kovac ◽  
Katarina Kovacova ◽  
Anna Sedlakova
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Summer Period ◽  
Radiation Level ◽  
Glass Panels ◽  
The Right ◽  
Calculated Model

The object of paper is analysis of natural ventilation system in central greenhouse of Botanical garden in Kosice. The greenhouse was refurbished in 2015. The existing greenhouse covering from glass panels was replaced for polycarbonate panels. The ventilation system of central greenhouse is natural and there are used openings in covering (wall, roof). It is combination of thermally and wind driven ventilation. The main aim of contribution is to analyse different modes of natural ventilation during summer period mainly. The important factors that influence efficiency of natural ventilation in greenhouse are location and area of openings, temperature stratification in greenhouse, solar radiation level, wind speed and direction too. If the greenhouse is ventilated naturally only through external windows (roof windows are closed) the efficiency of ventilation is very poor. The defined modes of natural ventilation search the right location and size of opened windows in order to achieve the most efficiency ventilation of indoor environment. For this purpose the progressive dynamic simulation tool DesignBuilder is used where the geometrical and specific calculated model of whole central greenhouse was created.

scholarly journals Impact of Natural Ventilation on the Thermal and Energy Performance of Buildings in a Mediterranean Climate

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Moret Rodrigues ◽  
Miguel Santos ◽  
M. Glória Gomes ◽  
Rogério Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Wind Effect ◽  
Building Energy Simulation ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Energy Performance Of Buildings ◽  
Ventilation Rates

Natural ventilation plays an important role on the thermal and energy performance of a building. The present study aims to analyze the natural ventilation conditions of a dwelling in a Mediterranean climate and their impacts on the thermal and energy performance using an advanced building energy simulation tool. Several multi-zone simulations were carried out. In the summer, the simulations were performed under free-floating conditions, whereas in the winter they were carried out under controlled temperature conditions. In the summer, ventilation scenarios with windows opened during certain periods of time and with or without permanent openings in the facades were analyzed. The existence of permanent openings proved to be an important factor of temperature control by lowering the average indoor zone temperatures during the day. Cross-ventilation also showed to be effective. In the winter, we simulated the existence or absence of permanent openings for room ventilation and their surface area. The results showed that the stack effect plays an important role in the ventilation and that in general it outperforms the wind effect. Sizing permanent openings according to the standard guidelines proved to be adequate in providing the expected ventilation rates on an average basis.

scholarly journals Indoor Climate Performance in a Renovated School Building

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2827
Author(s):  
Pavla Mocová ◽  
Jitka Mohelníková
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
School Building ◽  
Ventilation Strategy ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Microbiological Testing ◽  
Indoor Comfort

Indoor climate comfort is important for school buildings. Nowadays, this is a topical problem, especially in renovated buildings. Poorly ventilated school classrooms create improper conditions for classrooms. A post-occupancy study was performed in a school building in temperate climatic conditions. The evaluation was based on the results of long-term monitoring of the natural ventilation strategy and measurements of the carbon dioxide concentration in the school classroom’s indoor environment. The monitoring was carried out in an old school building that was constructed in the 1970s and compared to testing carried out in the same school classroom after the building was renovated in 2016. Surprisingly, the renovated classroom had a significantly higher concentration of CO2. It was found that this was due to the regulation of the heating system and the new airtight windows. The occupants of the renovated classroom have a maintained thermal comfort, but natural ventilation is rather neglected. A controlled ventilation strategy and installation of heat recovery units are recommended to solve these problems with the classroom’s indoor environment. Microbiological testing of the surfaces in school classrooms also shows the importance of fresh air and solar radiation access for indoor comfort.

scholarly journals Vibration Properties of a Concrete Structure with Symmetries Used in Civil Engineering

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
Sorin Vlase ◽  
Marin Marin ◽  
Ovidiu Deaconu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Design Time ◽  
Vibration Properties ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
Constructive Simplicity ◽  
Economic Considerations

The paper aims to study a concrete structure, currently used in civil engineering, which has certain symmetries. This type of problem is common in engineering practice, especially in civil engineering. There are many reasons why structures with identical elements or certain symmetries are used in industry, related to economic considerations, shortening the design time, for constructive, simplicity, cost or logistical reasons. There are many reasons why the presence of symmetries has benefits for designers, builders, and beneficiaries. In the end, the result of these benefits materializes through short execution times and reduced costs. The paper studies the eigenvalue and eigenmode properties of vibration for components of the constructions’ structure, often encountered in current practice. The identification of such properties allows the simplification and easing of the effort necessary for the dynamic analysis of such a structure.

Energy Consumption Analysis on Office Building Ventilation

2012 ◽  
Vol 516-517 ◽  
pp. 1139-1143
Author(s):  
Ke Chun Sun ◽  
Wei Jun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Saving Effect ◽  
Night Ventilation

Chongqing weather conditions as the representative, energy simulation software DesT-c Chongqing office building energy simulation analysis, simulated natural building under different ventilation conditions at room temperature, the energy consumption of building cooling load and air-conditioning system changes, with an emphasis on energy-saving effect of the night ventilation; The study showed that in Chongqing reasonable use of ventilation reduce building natural room temperature to a certain extent; Sensitive indicators of building air conditioning energy consumption than the heating energy consumption of ventilation was significantly; Night ventilation when the number of ventilators is less than 5 times / h, the energy saving effect is very significant.

Evaluation of a whole-house energy simulation tool against measured data

2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 116-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengen Ren ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Melissa James
Keyword(s):  
Measured Data ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Simulation Tool

Three Dimensional Simulation of the Effect of Windcatcher’s Inlet Shape

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Abdo ◽  
Rahil Taghipour ◽  
B. P. Huynh
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sectional Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dimensional Simulation ◽  
Convergent Inlet

Abstract Windcatcher has been used over centuries for providing natural ventilation using wind power, it is an effective passive method to provide healthy and comfortable indoor environment. The windcatcher’s function is based on the wind and on the stack effect resulting from temperature differences. Generally, it is difficult for wind to change its direction, and enter a room through usual openings, the windcatcher is designed to overcome such problems since they have vertical columns to help channel wind down to the inside of a building. The efficiency of a windcatcher is maximized by applying special forms of opening and exit. The openings depend on the windcatcher’s location and on its cross sectional area and shape such as square, rectangular, hexagonal or circular. In this study the effect of the inlet design is investigated to achieve better air flow and increase the efficiency of windcatchers. To achieve this, CFD (computational fluid dynamics) tool is used to simulate the air flow in a three dimensional room fitted with a windcatcher based on the different inlet designs. The divergent inlet has captured the highest air flow with a difference of approximately 3% compared to the uniform inlet and 5% difference compared to the bulging-convergent inlet.

scholarly journals Efficiency of night ventilation in limiting the overheating of passive sports hall

2020 ◽  
Vol 322 ◽  
pp. 01031
Author(s):  
Anna Dudzińska ◽  
Tomasz Kisilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
External Temperature ◽  
Building Insulation ◽  
Microclimatic Conditions ◽  
Summer Time ◽  
Night Ventilation

It is especially difficult to provide optimal microclimatic conditions in sports facilities during summer time. The internal heat gains and an airtight building insulation, combined with high external temperature can easily lead to overheating and upsetting of the body's thermal balance. This article focuses primarily on the effect of natural night ventilation on the thermal comfort in a passive sports hall building. Based on experimental studies of thermal conditions in the hall, a simulation model was made using the Design Builder program. Through simulation analysis, the program considered thermal conditions that arise in various scenarios of natural and mechanical ventilation. Results presented in this article show that the natural ventilation at night in a large volume building is the most effective and the easiest way to reduce overheating in summer.

The Study of Building Indoor and Outdoor Wind Environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 482-484 ◽  
pp. 2592-2595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Hua Tang ◽  
Ri Chao Liu ◽  
De Bao Lei
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Wind Environment ◽  
Building Height ◽  
Building Layout ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Through FLUENT numerical simulation, this paper is aimed on studying the influence of outdoor wind environment on indoor environment. We found that building height, building layout format and opening format in the wall are significant impacted on indoor natural ventilation. At the three-fourth height of building, if the building layout and housing opening is stagger, it can get high-quality indoor natural ventilation and more evenly indoor wind field.

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