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Evaluation of various turbulence models in predicting airflow and turbulence in enclosed environments by CFD. 1. Summary of prevalent turbulence models.

Author(s) : ZHAI Z., ZHANG Z., ZHANG W., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Air distribution in enclosed environments is crucial to thermal comfort and air quality. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has played an important role in evaluating and designing various air distribution. Many factors can influence the applications of CFD for studying air distribution. The most critical factors are the selection of an appropriate CFD approach and a turbulence model. Recent advances in CFD approaches and turbulence models provide great potential for improving prediction accuracy of air distribution in enclosed environments. This paper summarizes recent progress in CFD turbulence modelling and its application to some practical indoor environment studies. Also described are turbulence models that either are commonly used or have been proposed and used recently for indoor environment modelling. Finally, this study further identifies a few turbulence models that show great potential for modelling air-flows in enclosed environments. A companion paper presents the evaluation of the selected models by using experimental data from the literature (see this Bulletin, reference 2008-1700).

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  • Original title: Evaluation of various turbulence models in predicting airflow and turbulence in enclosed environments by CFD. 1. Summary of prevalent turbulence models.
  • Record ID : 2008-1699
  • Languages: English
  • Source: HVAC&R Research - vol. 13 - n. 6
  • Publication date: 2007/11

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