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Disszertáció (4.152Mb) A TRANSPORTABLE AND ENERGY OPTIMIZED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR THE MONGOLIAN CLIMATE A dissertation presented by Tsovoodavaa Gantumur to University of Pecs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Breuer Marcel Doctoral School of Architecture for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Architecture engineering Pecs, Hungary 2018 © Tsovoodavaa Gantumur, 2018All rights reserved. ii APPROVAL SHEET This dissertation proposal entitled A TRANSPORTABLE AND ENERGY OPTIMIZED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR THE MONGOLIAN CLIMATE submitted by TSOVOODAVAA GANTUMUR for degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY has been examined and approved for PROPOSAL HEARING. Thesis Committee Adviser Member Member Member Member iii A TRANSPORTABLE AND ENERGY OPTIMIZED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR THE MONGOLIAN CLIMATE By Tsovoodavaa Gantumur University of Pecs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture Engineering Supervised by Prof. Dr. habil. István Kistelegdi DLA, Ph.D. Associate Prof. Dr. habil. Halada Miklos, DLA Abstract The intensity of human activities adversely affects nature, and the environmental surroundings and climate change. As part of the initiatives reducing the adverse impacts, sustainable architecture importance is increasing. Depending on the climate, culture, and lifestyle, the residential buildings in the world have varying architecture. One of the unique architecture is nomadic architecture. For the nations with nomadic culture, transportable housing type is dominantly used. However, in the field of transportable building, there is a lack of research on building physics. This type of residential building challenges more the architectural and engineering design in respect of material and structure selection attached to mandatory characteristics of portability, indoor comfort, the feasibility of energy generation and operation in various sites, and energy efficiency. The research aims to improve existing yurt in terms of indoor comfort and energy efficiency without sacrificing the key concepts of the yurt and that is compatible with the Mongolian climate. Mongolian context has selected as the base environment as it has one of the most extreme and severe climates in the world. To fulfill the set of objective, as an inception the literary review on the various transportable residential building has performed which has found iv there are 9 different shapes of yurts used around the globe. On the basis of the 9 types of yurts found, the best shape yurt is identified through the comparative analysis using dynamic thermal simulation method. The development has conducted within the frame of yurt opening, orientation, structural material, building system. For each of the component, various versions are tested and optimized using simulation tool IDA-ICE 4.8 and the best outcomes are determined in terms of energy efficiency and indoor comfort. Finally, the best versions are combined to form the optimized transportable residential building. Keywords: transportable residential building, vernacular architecture, nomadic culture, energy optimization, indoor comfort, Mongolian climate, yurt v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank for the Tempus Foundation for granting me a Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship which opened and supported my path to studying at Architectural Engineering Ph.D. program at the University of Pecs. I would like to express my sincerest thanks to Marcel Breuer Doctoral School of the University of Pecs for providing high standard Ph.D. level education. This journey would not have succeeded without the support from two supervisors Prof. Dr. habil Kistelegdi Istvan and Associate Prof. Dr. habil Halada Miklos. Special thanks to Dr. Kistelegdi Isvtan’s enormous and generous directions through these exciting academic years and for letting me join in his ‘Energia Design’ research group. Warm, friendly, active atmosphere among the research group colleagues have made my research days more interesting and proactive. Also, my gratitude goes to my colleagues and professors at Mongolian University of Science and Technology. I would like to express my deepest thanks to my mom Khishgee Seded for her support and love for all the time. My deepest and greatest appreciation goes for my lovely wife Ninjin Bolortsogoo’s powerful motivations and sharing all the feelings that she has been experiencing the same Ph.D. journey while she has been caring the entire family with deep love. Also,I thank for my son Tushig and daughter Nandin for charging my energy with their beautiful being. Tsovoodavaa Gantumur vi ACRONYMS CFD Computational fluid dynamics AHU Air handling units PPM Past per million PPMV Past per million by volume WHO World health organization OR Orientation OP Opening SM Structure and material SY System OM Operation management PCM Phase Change Material VIP Vacuum Insulation Panel PPD Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied PMV Predicted Mean Vote HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Condition BC Before Century IDA-ICE IDA- Indoor Climate and Energy N North S South W West E East NE North East NW North West SE South East SW South West vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................. vi ACRONYMS................................................................................................................................. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ viii LIST OF FIGURE ......................................................................................................................... x 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background of research .................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Research method and structure ........................................................................................ 5 1.3. Overview of Mongolia ..................................................................................................... 7 2. TRANSPORTABLE BUILDING, RELATED PAPER: A REVIEW AND SYSTEMIZATION OF THE TRADITIONAL MONGOLIAN YURT (GER) .......................... 14 2.1. Introduction to the chapter ............................................................................................. 14 2.2. Review of the historical evolution of the yurt ................................................................ 14 2.3. Structures and materials ................................................................................................. 16 2.4. Types of yurts ................................................................................................................. 19 2.5. Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 28 3. CLIMATE DESIGN FOR THE TRANSPORTABLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THE COOL CLIMATE ZONE.................................................................................................... 29 3.1. Building shape ...................................................................................................................... 29 3.2. Outer envelope ...................................................................................................................... 31 3.3. Indoor environment quality .................................................................................................. 32 3.4. System .................................................................................................................................... 35 3.5. Renewable energy ................................................................................................................. 36 4. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR TRADITIONAL YURTS USING THERMAL DYNAMIC SIMULATION .......................................................................................................... 40 4.1. Introduction to the chapter ............................................................................................. 40 4.2. Modeling process of traditional yurts ............................................................................ 40 4.3. Simulation result evaluation ........................................................................................... 43 4.4. Conclusions: determining the most efficient vernacular yurt version............................ 50 5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST EFFICIENT VERNACULAR YURT VERSION .... 51 5.1. The methodology of the study ........................................................................................ 51 5.2. Investigated components of the study ............................................................................ 51 5.2.1. Openings (OP) ............................................................................................................ 51 5.2.2. Orientation .................................................................................................................. 58 5.2.3. Structures, materials ................................................................................................... 61 viii 5.2.4. Combination of the Opening and Structural material ................................................. 68 5.2.5. Building services systems ..........................................................................................
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