[Bldg-sim] Natural Ventilation using FDS / OpenFOAM

[Tim Reynolds]

Shariq,

We have successfully used IES (www.iesve.com) for bulk flow analysis in
naturally ventilated buildings.  Maybe someone else is familiar with an
open-source package capable of modeling natural ventilation with
acceptable accuracy.  

 

Some good sources to review are:

Natural Ventilation in Buildings

Natural Ventilation in the Urban Environment

Ventilation of Buildings

ASHRAE Fundamentals

 

Hope this is helpful.

Tim

 

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Subject: [Bldg-sim] Natural Ventilation using FDS / OpenFOAM

 

I'm interested in natural ventilation. Has anyone used NIST FDS or
OpenFOAM to successfully model natural ventilation? 
Are there any open source programs out there capable of this? 
Any recommendations for natural ventilation modeling references? 

Regards,
Shariq

Shariq Ali EIT, LEED AP BD+C
Mechanical Engineer
URS Corporation
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