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TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

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<strong>The</strong>me B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesh ca4h h out h ca3 ca2 h inh ca1Figure 4: Unknown convective transfer coefficients<strong>The</strong> modeling of the airflow in Mode #1-2 (Fig.5) is discussed in [1]. <strong>The</strong> averageairflow speed in cavity ( u caexpressed Eq. (1) [1].) in the indoor circulation mode (Fig5 [1], [2]) can beuca= uca , b=xOH gL52D f x− xinin(1)where uca.bis the cavity air velocity driven by buoyancy, OH is the open height ofthe ventilation damper, D is the depth of the cavity, g is the gravity acceleration, Lis the height of the cavity, f is the form loss factor, xinis the indoor air temperatureand x5is the cavity air temperature.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]Figure 5: Airflow modes (louver slats not drawn for clarity)<strong>The</strong> average airflow speed in cavity ( u ca ) in the outdoor circulation mode (Fig 5[3]-[4]) is influenced by the surface wind pressure as well as the temperaturedifference. According to the Bernoulli equation, wind pressure ( p w ) is calculated asEq. (2) and the amount of airflow due to wind pressure ( Qca,w) as Eq (3).pQwca,w2uout= C ρ (2)p2( )= c p (3)wn501

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