Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate

Alaa Abbas Mahdi; Alaa Abbas Mahdi

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Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate

Alaa Abbas Mahdi, Alaa Abbas Mahdi

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 13 February 2016 Accepted: 25 February 2016 Published: 7 March 2016

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Abstract

Illnesses of many indoor air quality problems occur in office room. Ventilation is one way to control the contaminant transport and to provide better indoor air quality with in the office. In the evaluation of indoor air quality, CO₂ concentration is regarded as a good indicator to estimate the air quality level and to assess the performance of a mechanical ventilation system used by many designers, So the CO₂ concentration was used as the tracer gas in this study, also the humans respiration taken into account as CO₂ sources were the rate of production of carbon dioxide (CO₂) by human respiration. Experimental measurement and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation methods were applied. The results from this study show that the floor-supply displacement ventilation can improve indoor air quality because the pollutant concentration in the breathing zone is lower than that of mixing system and the risk of cross contamination can be effectively reduced. Nevertheless, the indoor spaces with floor-supply displacement ventilation might have a higher risk of discomfort, because of high temperature stratification between the ankle and head levels when compared to traditional mixing ventilation. The results indicated that the contaminant distribution in a mechanically ventilated office room need to be studied individually according to different cases.

Published in	International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmea.20160402.11
Page(s)	24-42
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Mixing Ventilation (MV), Displacement Ventilation (DV), Computational Fluid- Dynamics, Thermal Comfort, Indoor Air Quality

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Alaa Abbas Mahdi, Alaa Abbas Mahdi. (2016). Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, 4(2), 24-42. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmea.20160402.11

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Alaa Abbas Mahdi; Alaa Abbas Mahdi. Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate. Int. J. Mech. Eng. Appl. 2016, 4(2), 24-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20160402.11

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Alaa Abbas Mahdi, Alaa Abbas Mahdi. Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate. Int J Mech Eng Appl. 2016;4(2):24-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20160402.11

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Alaa Abbas Mahdi

Mechanical Department, College of Engineering, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
Alaa Abbas Mahdi

Mechanical Department, College of Engineering, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq

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Alaa Abbas Mahdi, Alaa Abbas Mahdi. Experimental and Numerical Study of Air Flow Diffusion and Contaminants Circulation in Room Ventilation Related with Iraqi Climate. Int J Mech Eng Appl. 2016;4(2):24-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20160402.11

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