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Article: Characteristics of air exchange in a street canyon with ground heating

TitleCharacteristics of air exchange in a street canyon with ground heating
Authors
KeywordsAir exchange rate (AER)
Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling
Ground-level heating
k-ε turbulence models
Issue Date2006
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/atmosenv
Citation
Atmospheric Environment, 2006, v. 40 n. 33, p. 6396-6409 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper investigates the effects of solar radiation (in the form of ground-level heating) on the air exchange rate (AER) of an idealized street canyon using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) technique. A two-dimensional numerical model based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations equipped with the standard, Renormalization Group (RNG), and realizable k-ε turbulence models was developed using the commercial CFD code FLUENT. The newly developed numerical model was validated by published wind tunnel results with buoyancy force. It was found that different k-ε turbulence models yielded comparable simulation results. The sensitivity tests based on a street canyon of unity aspect ratio showed that the existence of buoyancy force markedly affected its airflow structure and AER, particularly under calm wind condition. The AER induced by vertical velocity fluctuation AER w″ is larger than that induced by mean vertical velocity AER w. Their difference decreased with increasing the dimensionless parameter Gr/Re 2. The functional relationship between total AER and Gr/Re 2 could be expressed in the form of a second-order polynomial. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/75919
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dc.contributor.authorLiu, CHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, DYCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, MKHen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationAtmospheric Environment, 2006, v. 40 n. 33, p. 6396-6409en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the effects of solar radiation (in the form of ground-level heating) on the air exchange rate (AER) of an idealized street canyon using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) technique. A two-dimensional numerical model based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations equipped with the standard, Renormalization Group (RNG), and realizable k-ε turbulence models was developed using the commercial CFD code FLUENT. The newly developed numerical model was validated by published wind tunnel results with buoyancy force. It was found that different k-ε turbulence models yielded comparable simulation results. The sensitivity tests based on a street canyon of unity aspect ratio showed that the existence of buoyancy force markedly affected its airflow structure and AER, particularly under calm wind condition. The AER induced by vertical velocity fluctuation AER w″ is larger than that induced by mean vertical velocity AER w. Their difference decreased with increasing the dimensionless parameter Gr/Re 2. The functional relationship between total AER and Gr/Re 2 could be expressed in the form of a second-order polynomial. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/atmosenven_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric Environmenten_HK
dc.subjectAir exchange rate (AER)en_HK
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelingen_HK
dc.subjectGround-level heatingen_HK
dc.subjectk-ε turbulence modelsen_HK
dc.titleCharacteristics of air exchange in a street canyon with ground heatingen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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