Summary
Airflow in a solar chimney fitted to a single-family experimental dwelling in Hangzhou was monitored for seven days, and the readings served to assess three analytical prediction approaches. Flow continued at night or without sun when the interior stayed warmer than outside air. Plume-based and adjusted single-zone formulations tracked the observations acceptably, but the stratification approach broke down in those reversed situations.
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