Available online 24 January 2013
Publication year: 2013
Source:Building and Environment
To study transient mass transfers inside buildings equipped with ventilation systems, reduced-scale experiments have been performed by applying the scaling down methodology developed for studying isothermal airflows in a steady or a transient state [1] . Transient tests have been carried out both on simplified cases considered for the validation of the methodology and on two reference industrial configurations representative of real industrial facilities. In this article, focus is made on transient results obtained on simplified and reference industrial cases subjected to wind and internal overpressure effects. The main objectives are firstly to identify the internal transient airflow behaviour, compared with Helmholtz oscillated phenomena underlined from natural ventilation studies, secondly to analyse the pollutant containment of reference industrial configurations subjected to wind and/or internal overpressure effects due to an accident, and finally to check the ability of the SYLVIA code to model these transient phenomena.
► Transient flows in ventilation systems were experimentally and numerically studied. ► Helmholtz oscillations have been characterized depending on branch characteristics. ► The ventilation system inertia can often be negligible for industrial cases studied. ► Wind turbulence can lead to unsteady losses of the containment inside buildings. ► The Sylvia code has been validated for taking into account transient flow phenomena.
Publication year: 2013
Source:Building and Environment