Summary
Assesses design tools for solar chimneys used to ventilate non-domestic buildings, finding zonal models unreliable and CFD lacking validation data. Measurements from a purpose-built test rig confirmed that a CFD model with k-ε turbulence reproduces chimney airflow well, and a parametric study with it yielded a design tool relating key physical variables to mass flow rate.
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