Journal
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 495-502Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.04.008
Keywords
UFAD system; CFD; temperature stratification; the length scale
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In this study, numerical prediction using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was utilized to investigate air temperature stratification in a room with an underfloor air distribution (UFAD) system. The numerical modeling using CFD computation was validated with physical test in a full size experimental room with an UFAD system. The different supply air conditions and heat loads were discussed. The results show that the effect of three parameters, heat load, supply volume flux and supply air velocity, on room air temperature would be expressed by the length scale of the floor supply jet. When the length scale increased from 0.8 to 1.56 m, the ratio of vertical temperature difference between 2.5 and 0.1 m at the occupied zone to the difference between return and supply air temperature decreased from 0.62 to 0.25. When there was only one local heat source in the room, there was a thermal stratified interface at the occupied zone. The interface height was about 1.42 times the length scale. The results may suggest ways to optimize UFAD design and operation. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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