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Airbase... [1544Kb] • AIVC BUILDING RESEARCH & INFORMATION (2000) 28(4), 234-244 #13041 Static split duct roof ventilators S. A. Gage1 and J. M. R. Graham2 1The Bartlett School of Architecture, Building, Environmental Design and Planning, University College London, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London, WClH OQB, UK E-mail: [email protected] 2Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BY, UK E-mail: [email protected] Split-duct roof ventilators or windcatchers are used to provide both supply and extract ventilation to the spaces which they serve. However, buildings are often erected in conditions where there is no prevailing wind direction. An investigation into four and six segment windcatchers to determine their relative perfor­ mances under different wind conditions was undertaken usind scale models in a wind tunnel. Conclusions indjciate that six segment windcatchers have a more predictable, reliable performance in uncertain or varia­ blewind conditions. However, a four segment windcatcher that is orientated 45 degrees to the prevailing wind will ge e ate the highest pressure differences and consequently the highest duct speeds in an installa­ n r tion. Further work on strategies for windless conditions are summarized, and scope for further research is in­ dicated. On utilise des ventilateurs de toit a fentes des capteurs de vent dans le but a la fois d'alimenter et d'evacuer OU l'air des locaux pour lesquels ils sont prevus. Cependant, les batiments sont souvent eriges clans des conditions ou il n'y a aucune direction de vent dominante. Des recherches ont ete menee en soufflerie sur des capteurs de s vent a quatre et a ix segments afin de determiner lew· fonctionnement relatif dans des conditions de vent dif­ s ferentes en se servant de ma111uettes en soufflerie. Les conclusions indiquent que les capteurs de vent a six seg­ ments ont des pe form nces pl us previsibles et fiables dans des conditions de vent incertaines ou variables. r a Cependant, les e tilate s a quatre seg en ts orientes a 45 degres par rapport au vent dominant, produiront la v n ur m difference de pressi n la plus haute et par consequent les vitesses de transmission les plus elevees dans une in­ o stallation. Keywords: natural ventilation, ventilators, ducts, wind, alternative technology Introduction ample is the highly successful BRE environment building (Watford, UK), engineered by Max Ford­ There is increasing interest in providing natural ham and Partners. ventilation in buildings. This has arisen out of a concern to reduce building energy consumption It is usually possible to ensure natural ventilation by avoiding the use of fans and air conditioning through windows and vents in buildings by ex­ in the summer months. Natural ventilation is also ploiting the pressure differences created by the perceived to be healthier than air conditioning. wind and the pressure differences created when internal and external air temperatures are differ­ Diurnal cooling using natural ventilation has been ent. It should be noted that while the former can extensively studied. High rates of airflow at night be substantial, the latter are relatively slight and are required. Typical examples are given in CIBSE depend on the height of a column of warm air re­ Applications Manual AMlO (1997). A recent ex- lative to an equivalent column of external cool air. Building Research & Information ISSN 0961-3218 print/ISSN 1466-4321online©2000 Taylor & Francis Ltd http://www.tandf.eo.uk/journals !, •· '"' I ' ;""""' I " . 111111· I I I I ' ' ' I STATIC SPLIT DUCT ROOF VENTILATORS Means of calculating driving pressures are given in the CIBSE Applications Manual. More complex calculations are given by Etheridge and Sandberg (1996). Many buildings that are ventilated in this way have been modelled and tested using CFD programmes prior to construction. Internal spaces which are designed to be venti­ lated using pressure differences created by the differences in air temperatures must be provided with inlet;; at low level. Windows or vents must ege be provided at all levels to buildings ventilated by wind induced pressure differentials. t Top down ventilation L Fig. 1. A traditional middle eastern windcatcher (after There are cases when it is inadvisable or impossi­ Beazley and Harverson). ble to ventilate through the building facade. In ur­ ban areas, buildings face onto roads and carparks the which generate gaseous, particulate and noise pol­ ing lution. Opening low level vents can also present a range unless the air entry point in the space that 'or­ lns security risk. Some building types are best orga­ is served is at sufficiently high level for the buoy­ ria­ nized with deep plans where spaces are remote ancy drive to overcome adverse wind conditions. ing from external walls. There are good reasons for If this is the case it is possible to envisage that a lla­ taking air in and out of buildings from the top. column of warm air will form in the flue and that in- There are historical precedents as to how to do the airflow will reverse. this, the best known are Middle Eastern and In­ uer dian windcatchers. The traditional windcatcher is Other traditional and modern types of windcatch­ )TIS often represented as a scoop facing a prevailing er, shown in Fig. 2, supply and extract air through de wind to discharge air down into a building the same fitting. It is a bluff body placed in the iif­ eg­ through a large masonry duct (Beasley and Har­ airstream. A pressure difference is induced be­ .es. verson, 1982). This type of windcatcher is shown tween the windward and leeward faces in all : la in Fig. 1. The device is unidirectional and can pro­ wind directions. The device contains a four way m- vide a form of wind assisted displacement ventila­ split duct. Air enters the building on the wind­ tion when the wind is blowing from the design ward side of the device and exits on the leeward direction. side. The direction of the airflow in an individual duct under this type of windcatcher varies - it is It can be argued that detailed meteorological data entirely dependant on the direction of the wind. is available for most sites and that this will give Inlets and outlets are ceiling mounted and, as a �nt wind speed and direction. This information is of result, true displacement ventilation does not oc­ ·d- substantial value. Nevertheless the wind blows, in cur - see Fig. 3. Investigations by the Building Re­ most places, from directions other than the pre­ search Establishment (1999) have demonstrated vailing direction for a significant amount of time. that this type of ventilation device is effective in on This problem is compounded in urban areas by inducing acceptable ventilation rates throughout a �x- inadvertent climactic modification which can give space. he local airflows which are significantly different en from prevailing directions and are dependant on Because the devices which are commercially avail­ �r- surrounding buildings which may be erected or able split the intake into four quadrants, they pre­ :i.n demolished (Oke, 1978). sent very different intake conditions depending 1d on the wind direction. There are historical prece­ ·e­ The fixed scoop windcatcher will fail when the dents for split duct windcatchers in Iran, in the Ir. wind blows from a direction other than the design form of large masonry towers (see Fig. 4). These 235 GAGE AND GRAHAM 7. - ------------- --. ------------""\ ..._,.� � ' � �� � --------------- ----------------� trimming steels and galvanised channels J, by builder NCA Series 900A flanged VCD steel angle frame and complete with unistrut fixing by Belina motor monodraught Fig. 2. A recent proprietary windcatching device .. WIND WIND Fig. 3. A windcatcher inducing airilows in a space. are not necessarily four way, many other forms wind-catcher duct and the external atmosphere were used (see Fig. 5). It seems likely that there for different controlled flow rates either in or out. were good functional reasons for this. Multi­ These results may be combined with estimates of faceted windcatchers with more than four faces the resistance to the ventilation flow through any are likely to have more consistent intake charac­ proposed building beneath the windcatcher to teristics. give a prediction of flow rate. The last experiment measured flow rate from inlet to outlet of the The paper describes a series of experiments which model windcatcher under conditions approximat­ establish the different pressure and flow charac­ ing a windcatcher with a high level of reistance in teristics of a four way and a six way split duct the rest of the circuit. But in general the experi­ windcatcher. Calculations based on the experi­ ments were not set up to simulate the resistance ments can be used to predict the performance of of the flow through the building. These experi­ these devices in different external airflow condi­ ments are similar to other model experiments car­ tions with different levels of resistance below ried out previously to determine the effectiveness them. The main experiments have measured the of unidirectional ventilators (McCarthy, 1996; static pressure difference betwe� the relevant Dunster and Pringle, 1997). 236 ! 1 ; . ·11ii1Illpl, I i STATIC SPLIT DUCT ROOF VENTILATORS Experimental work At full scale a windcatcher in the form of ventila­ tion duct inlet and outlet sited in the same structure is often placed on the roof of the build­ ing it serves and is exposed to an incident shear flow. The onset flow is a combination of the incident atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the wakes of neighbouring upstream buildings and the influence of the building itself on which it is sited. Thus the onset velocity U00(z) is a function of z the height above some datum.
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