Open AccessVentilation and Thermal Comfort Performances of Combined Climate-Buffer-Zone Systems in Subtropical Area
Author(s) -
Yao Lu,
Suijie Liu,
Hankun Lin,
Siwei Liu,
Yiqiang Xiao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/588/4/042029
Subject(s) - buffer (optical fiber) , buffer zone , subtropics , dead zone , humid subtropical climate , thermal comfort , ventilation (architecture) , environmental science , climate zones , thermal , meteorology , computer science , ecology , geology , climatology , geography , oceanography , telecommunications , biology , medicine , pathology
This study investigated the ventilation and thermal comfort performances of combined climate-buffer-zone systems in low-rise buildings in the subtropical area. FLUENT and Honeybee were used to simulate and calculate the air velocity and PET in a reference building and six varieties. The results indicated that adding side-opening to a climate-buffer-zone system influences the ventilation and thermal comfort performances of the climate-buffer-zone system. However, the overall-performance of a combined climate-buffer-zone system does not always positively relate to the complexity of the system. Moreover, this study proposed the best position for inserting a new side-opening to a climate-buffer-zone system.