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Double Diffusion Numerical Simulation for an Aired Room with Inner Pollutant Sources

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High Performance Computer Applications (ISUM 2015)

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Numerical simulations are fundamental in the development of scientific knowledge due to their capability to quantitatively predict the behavior of key variables. However, the main obstacle is computational power, bounding the total computational times, which vary from a few minutes to impractical times of several years, implying the necessity to develop parallel computing. In this study, we present the results of the numerical simulation of thermal and mass transfer inside an aired-conditioned room, physically represented by a cavity with different boundary conditions. The finite volume technique is used to solve the key equations, including a k-ε turbulence model to improve the flux calculations. The results are presented in flux, mass, heat, temperature and contaminant concentration diagrams; they show that sources located at the top of the cavity provide improved thermal comfort and air quality conditions in the room.

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We are thankful to CONACyT for their financial support, project I0017, Fondo SEP-CONACyT 000000000223179.

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  1. División de Arquitectura e Ingeniería en Energías Renovables, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Huichapan-ITESHU-DGEST-SEP. Dom. Conocido S/N, El Saucillo, 42411, Huichapan, Hidalgo, Mexico

    J. Serrano-Arellano

  2. Laboratorio de Partículas elementales, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, Mexico

    J. Félix

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago Km 3.5 + 1.8 Km. Comunidad de Palo Blanco, 36885, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico

    J. M. Riesco-Ávila

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Serrano-Arellano, J., Félix, J., Riesco-Ávila, J.M. (2016). Double Diffusion Numerical Simulation for an Aired Room with Inner Pollutant Sources. In: Gitler, I., Klapp, J. (eds) High Performance Computer Applications. ISUM 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32243-8_26

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