Open AccessAssessment of Indoor Air Quality in Buildings using CFD: A Brief Review
Author(s) -
Venu Shree,
Bhanu M. Marwaha,
Pamita Awasthi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of mathematical, engineering and management sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.228
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2455-7749
DOI - 10.33889/ijmems.2019.4.5-091
Subject(s) - indoor air quality , environmental science , airflow , indoor air , architectural engineering , computational fluid dynamics , air quality index , air pollution , computer science , environmental engineering , engineering , meteorology , geography , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , aerospace engineering
The building provides shelter to live and most people spend their 85-90% time indoors. Therefore, it is quite important to ensure that the condition of the indoor environment is healthy for its living being. There are a number of methods to evaluate indoor air pollution of built spaces by performing experiments or doing it computationally. In this study, a review of computational studies carried out to evaluate the impact of different parameters like airflow pattern, indoor and outdoor contaminant concentrations etc., on indoor air quality (IAQ) of different type of buildings was done. Some commonly used software’s for the study of IAQ were also discussed.