Assessment of Fast Fluid Dynamics with Different Turbulence Models for Simulating Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion Around BuildingsShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, Springer Nature , 2023, p. 51-59Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Fast fluid dynamics (FFD) could provide efficient airflow and concentration simulation. The commonly used turbulence model in FFD was RNG k- ε turbulence model which solved two transport equations to obtain eddy viscosity. To improve computing speed, this investigation implemented no turbulence model, Smagorinsky model and dynamic Smagorinsky model which calculated eddy viscosity without solving equation in FFD in an open-source program, OpenFOAM. By simulating single-building case and comparing with experiment and CFD, this study assessed accuracy and efficiency of FFD with those turbulence models. Compared with CFD, FFD improved computing speed without reducing accuracy. The simulation of FFD without turbulence model was fast but inaccurate. FFD with Smagorinsky model increased computing speed while ensuring the same accuracy as RNG k- ε turbulence model. FFD with dynamic Smagorinsky model provided accurate results with high efficiency. This investigation suggested FFD with dynamic Smagorinsky model for outdoor airflow and pollutant dispersion studies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2023. p. 51-59
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering, ISSN 18635520
Keywords [en]
Computational efficiency, Fast fluid dynamics, Outdoor airflow, Pollutant dispersion, Turbulence model
National Category
Building Technologies Fluid Mechanics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338035DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_7Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85172738486OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338035DiVA, id: diva2:1804623
Conference
5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, COBEE 2022, Montreal, Canada, Jul 29 2022 - Jul 25 2022
Note
Part of ISBN 9789811998218
QC 20231013
2023-10-132023-10-132025-02-09Bibliographically approved