Summary
CFD simulations with a low-Reynolds-number k-ε turbulence model examine buoyancy-driven airflow through a full-scale room topped by a roof-mounted solar chimney with one uniformly heated wall. Airflow rises steeply with heat input at first, then levels off; where the room's inlet is placed hardly matters under weak heating but strongly changes both flow rate and circulation pattern under intense heating.
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