@proceedings{22269,
  keywords = {Mixed convection, Airflow, CFD, Large indoor space, Pollutant dispersion},
  author = {Buvaneswari Jayaraman and Elizabeth U Finlayson and Emily E Wood and Tracy L Thatcher and Phillip N Price and Richard G Sextro and Ashok J Gadgil},
  title = {Comparison between experiments and CFD predictions of mixed convection flows in an atrium},
  abstract = {<p>This paper compares results from a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of airflow and pollutant dispersion under mixed-convection conditions with experimental data obtained in our 7m x 9m x 11m high experimental facility. A tracer gas was continuously released from a 1 m<sup>2</sup> horizontal source 0.5 m above the floor. Path-integrated concentrations were measured along multiple short and long sampling paths in three horizontal planes. A steady state CFD analysis was used to model these experiments. The Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations were solved for the flow and temperature field using the commercial CFD software, StarCD. CFD results were compared with the measured path-integrated concentrations. Accuracy of CFD predictions was found to improve with inclusion of thermal effects, and further by using a low-Re turbulence model.</p>},
  year = {2005},
  journal = {Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate},
  volume = {3(3)},
  pages = {2849-2853},
  publisher = {Tsinghua University Press},
  address = {Beijing, China},
  language = {eng},
}