Thermal Comfort Estimation on Indoor Space Using Computational Fluid Dynamics - A Case Study of Small Office Room

Yu Tuan Chou; Shao Yi Hsia

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.353-356.3015

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Thermal Comfort Estimation on Indoor Space Using Computational Fluid Dynamics - A Case Study of Small Office Room

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There is highly relevant between thermal comfort and air quality in indoor spaces. Temperature, wind speed, and other related conditions are crucial to workplace and living environment. The commercial software of Solidworks Flow Simulation is applied to conduct a three-dimensional office environment model in this paper. The numerical simulation according to flow field characteristic analyzes different air controlling in varied closed partition. Through the two convergence conditions, MRT and OT, get the air characteristics of the grid and to calculate the PMV and to predict the PPD using the software. Therefore, designers can acquire more adequate information of thermal comfort, wind speed and temperature in preliminary design stage via the efficient simulation process.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 353-356)

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Yu Tuan Chou*, Shao Yi Hsia

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