Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation
Natural ventilation dominates in Polish residential buildings. It is a simple and low-cost system but its performance is affected by varying environmental conditions. Hence, setting up constant ventilation airflow results in errors when calculating heating and cooling energy. In this paper, an attem...
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| description | Natural ventilation dominates in Polish residential buildings. It is a simple and low-cost system but its performance is affected by varying environmental conditions. Hence, setting up constant ventilation airflow results in errors when calculating heating and cooling energy. In this paper, an attempt to integrate the buoyancy effect in natural ventilation of a residential building at hourly resolution with the hourly simulation method of EN ISO 13790 to obtain energy use for space heating and cooling is presented. The ping-pong coupling algorithm was proposed and applied. Hourly variation of ventilation airflow rate was from −26.8 m<sup>3</sup>/h (flow from outdoor to the interior of the building) to 87.2 m<sup>3</sup>/h with 55 m<sup>3</sup>/h on average. The lack of a cooling system resulted in overheating during summer and indicated the necessity of its application or use of other techniques to reduce solar gains. Application of the cooling system resulted in an hourly ventilation rate from −38.0 m<sup>3</sup>/h to 87.2 m<sup>3</sup>/h. Detailed simulation in EnergyPlus and statistical analysis proved the applicability of the proposed method in stack-induced ventilation assessment. The coefficient of determination R<sup>2</sup> = 0.936, mean squared error MAE = 5.72 m<sup>3</sup>/h and root mean square error RMSE = 7.86 m<sup>3</sup>/h. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-941ad902124e4f5f8de21d313d1e09c42023-11-23T14:01:35ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-06-011511417510.3390/en15114175Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack VentilationPiotr Michalak0Department of Power Systems and Environmental Protection Facilities, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandNatural ventilation dominates in Polish residential buildings. It is a simple and low-cost system but its performance is affected by varying environmental conditions. Hence, setting up constant ventilation airflow results in errors when calculating heating and cooling energy. In this paper, an attempt to integrate the buoyancy effect in natural ventilation of a residential building at hourly resolution with the hourly simulation method of EN ISO 13790 to obtain energy use for space heating and cooling is presented. The ping-pong coupling algorithm was proposed and applied. Hourly variation of ventilation airflow rate was from −26.8 m<sup>3</sup>/h (flow from outdoor to the interior of the building) to 87.2 m<sup>3</sup>/h with 55 m<sup>3</sup>/h on average. The lack of a cooling system resulted in overheating during summer and indicated the necessity of its application or use of other techniques to reduce solar gains. Application of the cooling system resulted in an hourly ventilation rate from −38.0 m<sup>3</sup>/h to 87.2 m<sup>3</sup>/h. Detailed simulation in EnergyPlus and statistical analysis proved the applicability of the proposed method in stack-induced ventilation assessment. The coefficient of determination R<sup>2</sup> = 0.936, mean squared error MAE = 5.72 m<sup>3</sup>/h and root mean square error RMSE = 7.86 m<sup>3</sup>/h.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/11/4175natural ventilationstack effectbuoyancyping-pong methodEN ISO 137905R1C model |
| spellingShingle | Piotr Michalak Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation Energies natural ventilation stack effect buoyancy ping-pong method EN ISO 13790 5R1C model |
| title | Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation |
| title_full | Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation |
| title_fullStr | Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation |
| title_short | Thermal—Airflow Coupling in Hourly Energy Simulation of a Building with Natural Stack Ventilation |
| title_sort | thermal airflow coupling in hourly energy simulation of a building with natural stack ventilation |
| topic | natural ventilation stack effect buoyancy ping-pong method EN ISO 13790 5R1C model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/11/4175 |
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