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Small and Full-Scale Modeling for the Application of Wall Solar Chimneys

Park, David, and Francine Battaglia. "Small and Full-Scale Modeling for the Application of Wall Solar Chimneys." Volume 1A, Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control — Theory, Experiments and Implementation (2016).
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2016-7639

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Investigates how small-scale models of a building with a wall solar chimney relate to full-scale ones, using CFD validated against earlier experiments and varying window position. Dimensionless velocity and temperature correlations held for every window position, and a regression model derived through Buckingham pi analysis matched the simulations within about 2.3%, so small models can predict large-building ventilation.

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