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A combined CFD-based genetic algorithm and human body thermoregulation model for designing the indoor thermal environment
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Sustainable Buildings.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1285-2334
School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China.
School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Number of Authors: 32022 (English)In: BS 2021: Proceedings of Building Simulation 2021: 17th Conference of IBPSA, International Building Performance Simulation Association , 2022, p. 2727-2733Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

A thermally comfortable indoor environment is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of the occupants. This study aims to develop a combined CFD-based genetic algorithm and human body thermoregulation model for the inverse design of indoor thermal environment. This investigation developed the CFD solver in OpenFOAM, the genetic algorithm by GenOpt, and the human body thermoregulation model in Matlab. A shell file was used to run those three parts in need automatically. The developed model was validated by the measured human skin temperature from literature. The model was further applied to design the thermal environments in an office with displacement ventilation for demonstration. In the office case with displacement ventilation, the thermal comfort was maximized when the air supply air temperature and velocity was 25 oC, and 0.08 m/s. Coupling thermoregulation model with CFD inverse design provides a more detailed way to optimize the indoor thermal environment, and at the same time, local thermal discomfort can be reduced.

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International Building Performance Simulation Association , 2022. p. 2727-2733
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Building Technologies Energy Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-333361DOI: 10.26868/25222708.2021.30823Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85151569369OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-333361DiVA, id: diva2:1785078
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17th IBPSA Conference on Building Simulation, BS 2021, Bruges, Belgium, Sep 1 2021 - Sep 3 2021
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Part of ISBN 9781775052029

QC 20230801

Available from: 2023-08-01 Created: 2023-08-01 Last updated: 2023-08-01Bibliographically approved

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