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Research Article

Multi-zone simulation of outdoor particle penetration and transport in a multi-story building

Byung Hee Lee1, Su Whan Yee2, Dong Hwa Kang3( ), Myoung Souk Yeo4, Kwang Woo Kim4
Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Ecoenergy Research Institute, Building of Mechanical Part & Material Testing Busan Tecno Park, 30, Gwahaksandan 1-ro 60beon-gil, Gangseo-gu, Busan 46742, Republic of Korea
Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

In areas with poor ambient air quality, indoor particle concentrations can be significantly affected by particulate matter originating outdoors. The indoor environments of multi-zone and multi-story buildings are affected differently by outdoor particles compared with single-family houses, because of the buildings’ more complicated airflow characteristics. The objective of this study is to analyze outdoor particle penetration and transport, and their impact on indoor air, in a multi-zone and multi-story building using a CONTAMW simulation. For the airflow and particle transport analysis, the building leakage, penetration coefficients, and deposition rates were determined by on-site experiments. The results of airflow simulations for cold winters show that outdoor air infiltrates through the lower part of building and exfiltrates from the upper part. The results of the particle simulation also indicated that the airflow characteristics, combined with deposition rates, cause the lower floors of a multi-story building to be exposed to higher fine particle concentrations compared with the upper floors of the building. The study demonstrated that the CONTAMW simulation can be useful in analyzing the impact of outdoor particles on indoor environments through the identification of key particle transport parameters and validated airflow simulations.

Keywords

particle transportdepositionmulti-zone simulationoutdoor particlespenetrationmulti-story building

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Building Simulation
Volume 10 Issue 4,
August 2017
Pages 525-534
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-016-0340-1
Cite this article:
Lee BH, Yee SW, Kang DH, et al. Multi-zone simulation of outdoor particle penetration and transport in a multi-story building. Building Simulation, 2017, 10(4): 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-016-0340-1

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Received: 30 June 2016
Revised: 30 October 2016
Accepted: 31 October 2016
Published: 20 December 2016
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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