scholarly journals The Impact of Air Well Geometry in a Malaysian Single Storey Terraced House

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pau Chung Leng ◽  
Mohd Hamdan Ahmad ◽  
Dilshan Remaz Ossen ◽  
Gabriel H.T. Ling ◽  
Samsiah Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature ◽  
Ventilation Technique ◽  
Ventilation Performance ◽  
Globe Temperature ◽  
The Impact

In Malaysia, terraced housing hardly provides thermal comfort to the occupants. More often than not, mechanical cooling, which is an energy consuming component, contributes to outdoor heat dissipation that leads to an urban heat island effect. Alternatively, encouraging natural ventilation can eliminate heat from the indoor environment. Unfortunately, with static outdoor air conditioning and lack of windows in terraced houses, the conventional ventilation technique does not work well, even for houses with an air well. Hence, this research investigated ways to maximize natural ventilation in terraced housing by exploring the air well configurations. By adopting an existing single storey terraced house with an air well, located in Kuching, Sarawak, the existing indoor environmental conditions and thermal performance were investigated and monitored using scientific equipment, namely HOBO U12 air temperature and air humidity, the HOBO U12 anemometer and the Delta Ohm HD32.3 Wet Bulb Globe Temperature meter. For this parametric study, the DesignBuilder software was utilized. The field study illustrated that there is a need to improve indoor thermal comfort. Thus, the study further proposes improvement strategies to the existing case study house. The proposition was to turn the existing air well into a solar chimney taking into account advantages of constant and available solar radiation for stack ventilation. The results suggest that the enhanced air well was able to improve the indoor room air velocity and reduce air temperature. The enhanced air well with 3.5 m height, 1.0 m air gap width, 2.0 m length was able to induce higher air velocity. During the highest air temperature hour, the indoor air velocity in existing test room increased from 0.02 m/s in the existing condition to 0.29 m/s in the hottest day with 2.06 °C air temperature reduction. The findings revealed that the proposed air well could enhance the thermal and ventilation performance under the Malaysia tropical climate.

scholarly journals Thermal Performance of Single-Story Air-Welled Terraced House in Malaysia: A Field Measurement Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Pau Chung Leng ◽  
Gabriel Hoh Teck Ling ◽  
Mohd Hamdan Ahmad ◽  
Dilshan Remaz Ossen ◽  
Eeydzah Aminudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Field Measurement ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Ventilation Performance ◽  
Globe Temperature

The provision requirement of 10% openings of the total floor area stated in the Uniform Building By-Law 1984 Malaysia is essential for natural lighting and ventilation purposes. However, focusing on natural ventilation, the effectiveness of thermal performance in landed residential buildings has never been empirically measured and proven, as most of the research emphasized simulation modeling lacking sufficient empirical validation. Therefore, this paper drawing on field measurement investigates natural ventilation performance in terraced housing with an air-well system. The key concern as to what extent the current air-well system serving as a ventilator is effective to provide better thermal performance is to be addressed. By adopting an existing single-story air-welled terrace house, indoor environmental conditions and thermal performance were monitored and measured using HOBO U12 air temperature and humidity, the HOBO U12 anemometer, and the Delta Ohm HD32.3 Wet Bulb Globe Temperature meter for a six-month duration. The results show that the air temperature of the air well ranged from 27.48 °C to 30.92 °C, with a mean relative humidity of 72.67% to 79.25%. The mean air temperature for a test room (single-sided ventilation room) ranged from 28.04 °C to 30.92 °C, with a relative humidity of 70.16% to 76.00%. These empirical findings are of importance, offering novel policy insights and suggestions. Since the minimum provision of 10% openings has been revealed to be less effective to provide desirable thermal performance and comfort, mandatory compliance with and the necessity of the bylaw requirement should be revisited.

Analysis of Natural Ventilation Systems in Schoolrooms

2016 ◽  
Vol 824 ◽  
pp. 625-632
Author(s):  
Mária Budiaková
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ventilation Systems

The paper is oriented on the analysis of the ventilation systems in schoolrooms. Correct and sufficient ventilation of schoolrooms is very important because students and pupils spend in the schoolrooms the majority of their time in school. In our schools the ventilation is incorrect and insufficient. The biggest problem is winter period when the ventilation is provided only by opening the doors to corridor. This way, there is insufficient intake of oxygen, which causes distractibility and feeling of tiredness of pupils. In current schoolrooms we can use only natural ventilation and thus the schoolrooms have to be ventilated using windows. Therefore this research was focused on the comparison and the analysis of different systems of natural ventilation in schoolrooms. The experimental measurements were carried out in schoolroom, where the parameters of thermal comfort were measured in the different systems of natural ventilation with device Testo 480 which was connected to computer. Gained values of air temperature, air velocity and index PMV are presented in graphs. On the base of analysis of measured values were evaluated the systems of natural ventilation for schoolrooms. In the future, the mechanical ventilation in schoolrooms can be assumed, therefore the recommendation on modern energy saving system of mechanical ventilation is in the end of this paper.

A numerical investigation on the impacts of voids combinations on natural ventilation of high-rise residential building

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Laloui ◽  
Noor Hanita Abdul Majid ◽  
Aliyah Nur Zafirah Sanusi
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Living Unit ◽  
Ventilation Performance

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impacts of introducing voids combinations on natural ventilation performance in high-rise residential building living unit. Design/methodology/approach This study was carried out through field measurement and computational fluid dynamics methods. The parameters of the study are void types and sizes, and a wind angle was used to formulate case studies. Findings The results indicate that the provision of a single-sided horizontal void larger by 50% increase the indoor air velocity performance up to 322.37% to 0.471 m/s in the living unit and achieves the required velocity for thermal comfort. Originality/value Passive design features are the most desirable techniques to enhance natural ventilation performance in the high-rise residential apartments for thermal comfort and indoor air quality purposes.

scholarly journals Thermal comfort models of venue in hot and humid subtropical regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6 Part A) ◽  
pp. 4225-4231
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Huang ◽  
Qingyuan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoli Ma
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Thermal Sensation ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Predicted Mean Vote ◽  
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature ◽  
Globe Temperature ◽  
The Relationship

In order to improve the design effect of venues, this paper establishes the evaluation model of indoor thermal comfort for the humid and hot subtropical areas, which provides theoretical reference for venue design. This paper investigates the thermal sensation of basketball players by questionnaire, analyzes the relation-ship between thermal sensation vote and standard effective temperature, predicted mean vote, and wet bulb globe temperature, and develops an index called predicted thermal sensation by using the least square method. The relationship between outdoor air temperature and indoor working temperature under neutral conditions is obtained by measuring data. The results show that the correlation between thermal sensation vote and air temperature is the strongest, R2 is 0.753, while the relationship between thermal sensation vote and air speed is weak, R2 is 0.012. Thermal sensation vote and set, predicted mean vote and wet bulb globe temperature are not suitable for athletes in the field environment.

The Impact of Hybrid Ventilation on Thermal and Energy Performance in Hot and Humid Weather

2011 ◽  
Vol 199-200 ◽  
pp. 1505-1508
Author(s):  
Jia Fang Song
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Output Performance ◽  
Hybrid Ventilation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Full Height

In this paper, the simulation software was applied to evaluate a hybrid ventilated combined mechanical and naturally ventilated (atrium area to be naturally ventilated) building. In order to understand the impact of the usage of natural ventilation on thermal comfort in atrium, we utilized TAS to simulate the air temperature and air velocity distribution for the atrium. A modeled three-storey commercial office building was used as the main subject of this analysis. To determine the thermal comfort level of the central atrium, Parameters will be set in such a way that the full height windows will be 100% open. Results were tabularized to determine and analysis the output of the simulation. Recommendations will be then given based on the output performance of the building.

EFFECT OF BUILDING PLAN FORM ON HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT IN NATURALLY VENTILATED OPEN-PLAN ENCLOSURES LOCATED IN HOT CLIMATES

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar S. Asfour
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Human Thermal Comfort ◽  
Velocity Magnitude ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Ventilation Performance ◽  
Common Observation

This study aims to examine the effect of building plan form on internal thermal comfort conditions in naturally ventilated open-plan buildings located in hot climates. The study examined the square and the rectangular plan forms in relation to several values of wind direction, building plan depth, and climatic conditions. The study utilised CFD for ventilation prediction, DesignBuilder for thermal modelling, and the Tropical Summer Index (TSI) for thermal comfort assessment. These three tools were integrated in a quantitative approach to fulfil the study aim. The study concluded that the use of area-weighted average velocity magnitude is more accurate in the assessment of natural ventilation performance, as it accounts for both internal velocity magnitude and distribution. The study confirmed the common observation that the use of shallow building plans is more effective to increase internal air velocity and improve internal thermal comfort. At some point of increased plan depth, the internal air velocity magnitude dramatically decreases. In the three examined wind directions, this occurred when the plan depth exceeded 3H in the square cases and 2.5H in the rectangular ones, where H is the building height. This value is much less than the commonly recommended maximum value of 5H. The study also concluded that reducing building depth in the square cases has generally more potential to improve thermal comfort conditions when compared with the rectangular cases. The gross increase in Percentage of People Comfortable, PPC, in all the examined cases was 23% in the square cases, compared to 11% in the rectangular cases.

The Potential of Natural Ventilation in Single-Sided Ventilated Apartment to Improve Indoor Thermal Comfort and Air Quality

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Mohamed ◽  
M. Behnia ◽  
S. King ◽  
D. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Architectural Element ◽  
Flat Design ◽  
Effective Ventilation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Ventilation Performance

Cross ventilation is a more effective ventilation strategy in comparison to single-sided ventilation. In the NSW Residential Flat Design Code1 (RFDC) the majority of apartments are required to adopt cross ventilation. However, in the case of studio and one-bedroom apartments, it is acknowledged that single-sided ventilation may prevail. Deep plan studio and one-bedroom apartments may achieve lower amenity of summer thermal comfort and indoor air quality where mechanical ventilation is not provided by air conditioning. Since compliance with the code may allow up to 40% of apartments in a development in Sydney to be single sided, it is important to understand the natural ventilation performance of such apartments. The objective of this paper is to investigate the natural ventilation potential in single-sided ventilated apartments to improve indoor air quality and thermal comfort. This investigation includes simulating various facade treatments involving multiple opening and balcony configurations. Balcony configurations are included in this study because, in Sydney, a balcony is a compulsory architectural element in any apartment building. The study uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to simulate and predict the ventilation performance of each apartment configuration. This study suggests that properly configured balconies and openings can significantly improve indoor ventilation performance for enhanced indoor air quality and thermal comfort, by optimizing the available prevailing wind. However, it is important to note that inappropriately designed fac¸ade treatments also could diminish natural ventilation performance.

Effect of natural ventilation mode on thermal comfort and ventilation performance: Full-scale measurement

2017 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Omrani ◽  
Veronica Garcia-Hansen ◽  
Bianca R. Capra ◽  
Robin Drogemuller
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Ventilation Mode ◽  
Ventilation Performance

Evaluation of Indoor Climate in Small University Lecture Hall

2016 ◽  
Vol 861 ◽  
pp. 369-375
Author(s):  
Mária Budiaková
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Optimal Parameters ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Globe Temperature ◽  
The University

This paper is focuses on the evaluation of the indoor climate in the small university lecture hall. Providing the optimal parameters of thermal comfort in the interiors of a university is immensely important for the students of the university. Fulfilling these parameters is inevitable not only for the physiological needs of students but also for the required performance of students. Reconstruction took place in the small university lecture hall. The original windows were exchanged for the modern wood tight windows. Experimental measurements were carried out in the winter season in 2016 in this small university lecture hall in order to evaluate the thermal comfort after the reconstruction. The device Testo 480 was used for the measurements. Obtained values of air temperature, air relative humidity, air velocity, globe temperature and indexes PMV, PPD are presented in the graphs. Heating, operation and architectural design of the small university lecture hall were evaluated on the basis of the parameters of thermal comfort. In the conclusion of this paper, there are principles how to design new small university lecture halls. Furthermore, there are presented recommendations how to operate the existing small university lecture halls.

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