TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical simulation of VOCs dispersion with the effect of particles
AU - Xie, Huan
AU - Kim, Chang Nyung
AU - Deng, Baoqing
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from building materials are recognized as one of major problems affecting human comfort, health, and productivity (Huang, H. and Haghighat, F., 2002). Carpet is a major VOCs source in the resident building and particles can adsorb VOCs. Therefore this paper investigates the effect of particles with diameters of 5μm on the air-side concentrations of VOCs emitted from a new carpet in a room. Two cases with and without particles are modeled numerically. Eulerian method is used to predict particle transport in the room. Computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT 6.3 has been employed to solve the continuity, momentum, turbulence and concentration equations. Numerical results show that the concentration of VOCs drops because of the presence of particles.
AB - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from building materials are recognized as one of major problems affecting human comfort, health, and productivity (Huang, H. and Haghighat, F., 2002). Carpet is a major VOCs source in the resident building and particles can adsorb VOCs. Therefore this paper investigates the effect of particles with diameters of 5μm on the air-side concentrations of VOCs emitted from a new carpet in a room. Two cases with and without particles are modeled numerically. Eulerian method is used to predict particle transport in the room. Computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT 6.3 has been employed to solve the continuity, momentum, turbulence and concentration equations. Numerical results show that the concentration of VOCs drops because of the presence of particles.
KW - Adsorption
KW - CFD
KW - Carpet
KW - Indoor air
KW - Volatile organic compounds
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880564348
SN - 9781627482721
T3 - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
SP - 880
EP - 884
BT - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
T2 - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
Y2 - 5 June 2011 through 10 June 2011
ER -
