Lowe, R;
Jones, B;
Davies, M;
Chalabi, Z;
Das, P;
Ridley, I;
(2014)
Modelling uniformly porous facades to predict dwelling infiltration rates.
Building Services Engineering Research and Technology
, 35
(4)
pp. 408-416.
10.1177/0143624413499354.
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Abstract
It is important to limit dwelling infiltration to reduce energy demand and help meet national climate change commitments while concurrently providing sufficient ventilation to deliver adequate indoor air quality. DOMVENT3D is a model of infiltration and exfiltration that assumes a linear pressure distribution over any number of uniformly porous façades and integrates the airflow rate in the vertical plane to predict the theoretically correct airflow rate through them. DOMVENT3D is a new development of an existing two-dimensional model of infiltration that provides more opportunities for investigating a greater number of dwellings than was previously possible. Initial testing suggests that DOMVENT3D is mathematically robust and is suitable for modelling a wide variety of dwelling types and geometries to assist engineers and policy makers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Modelling uniformly porous facades to predict dwelling infiltration rates |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0143624413499354 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624413499354 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm). |
| Keywords: | Infiltration, Air leakage, Dwelling, Modelling, Ventilation, Permeability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1403588 |
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