Numerical Analysis of Elevator Piston Effect on Building Airflow for an Air-Conditioned High-Rise Building in Winter

Yan Wang; Yan Ling Guan; Yuan Sheng Yin

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1008-1009.1068

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Numerical Analysis of Elevator Piston Effect on Building Airflow for an Air-Conditioned High-Rise Building in Winter

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A model of a 24-storey building (94.5m high) with air-conditioning system was developed to analyze the elevator piston effect on building airflow by dynamic mesh technique of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results of the pressure distribution and airflow paths show that with the upward movement of elevator cabs, due to the elevator piston effect, changes in the pressure distribution and airflow paths occur in all the building; the pressure difference across the elevator door is enlarged, which is likely to cause some security issues; but the air exfiltration rate is hardly affected.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1008-1009)

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Yan Wang, Yan Ling Guan*, Yuan Sheng Yin

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Building Airflow, Dynamic Mesh Technique, Elevator Piston Effect, High-Rise Building, Numerical Calculation

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