1. Numerical investigation of thermal-hydraulic performance of a double skin facade ventilated by building exhausted air.
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Khaleel, Tamarah S., Ahmed, Ahmed Qasim, and Hamad, Ahmed J.
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TEMPERATURE distribution ,COOLING loads (Mechanical engineering) ,AIR conditioning ,AIR flow ,AIR-supported structures - Abstract
Double skin facade systems are greatly used in buildings designed by famous architects and are described as a typical "green" building approach. In the present study, the exhausted air of the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system was used and passed through the air cavity. A numerical investigation was established to estimate the influence of the cavity of width 0.2 and 0.3 m and the airflow velocities of 0.9, 1.25, and 1.5 m/s on the temperature distribution and reducing the cooling load for buildings. A double skin facade system was used in this study using a glass sheet with a thickness of 6 mm. The computational domain was numerically modeled and solved utilizing the ANSYS19-Fluent software. The results demonstrated that, by using the exhausted air from the HVAC system, the small cavity width is more efficient in reducing the cooling load and saving more energy. The reduction in DSF indoor wall temperature was about 21% for the cavity of width 0.2 m compared with that of width 0.3 m. In addition, the effect of velocity in the cavity with a small gap of 0.2 m width has no significant impact on the temperature distribution through the cavity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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