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Airflow assessment in a naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with wind towers: numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments
Highlights Wind towers incorporated to a greenhouse to provide wind driven natural ventilation. Natural ventilation performance of the wind towers was assessed by CFD simulations. CFD model was validated by flow visualization, point measurement, and PIV measurement. At a wind speed of 3 m/s, the wind towers provided the recommended air change rate. At a wind speed of 3 m/s, air velocity at crop height was within recommended values.
Abstract In this study, the air change rate and airflow distribution inside a greenhouse equipped with wind towers were analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, considering different wind speeds (1–5 m/s) and incident angles (0–45°). The validation methods included smoke visualization, hot wire velocity point measurements, and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements. The visualized and simulated flow regimes exhibited fair agreement. The average discrepancy between the hot wire velocity point measurements and simulated results was about 7.96%. The predicted vector fields in the inlet and outlet wind towers demonstrated good qualitative agreement with the corresponding PIV measurements. The discrepancy between the predicted and measured maximum air velocity in the inlet tower was 15%, while it was 3% in the outlet wind tower. At an external wind speed of 3 m/s and normal incidence angle, the average velocity of the airflow entering the greenhouse was 0.65 m/s (about one air change per minute), while the average air velocity in the greenhouse was 0.44 m/s. The average air velocity inside the greenhouse at a crop height (1 m) ranged from 0.3 to 1.8 m/s, which is within the optimum range of recommended air velocities for greenhouses.
Airflow assessment in a naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with wind towers: numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments
Highlights Wind towers incorporated to a greenhouse to provide wind driven natural ventilation. Natural ventilation performance of the wind towers was assessed by CFD simulations. CFD model was validated by flow visualization, point measurement, and PIV measurement. At a wind speed of 3 m/s, the wind towers provided the recommended air change rate. At a wind speed of 3 m/s, air velocity at crop height was within recommended values.
Abstract In this study, the air change rate and airflow distribution inside a greenhouse equipped with wind towers were analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, considering different wind speeds (1–5 m/s) and incident angles (0–45°). The validation methods included smoke visualization, hot wire velocity point measurements, and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements. The visualized and simulated flow regimes exhibited fair agreement. The average discrepancy between the hot wire velocity point measurements and simulated results was about 7.96%. The predicted vector fields in the inlet and outlet wind towers demonstrated good qualitative agreement with the corresponding PIV measurements. The discrepancy between the predicted and measured maximum air velocity in the inlet tower was 15%, while it was 3% in the outlet wind tower. At an external wind speed of 3 m/s and normal incidence angle, the average velocity of the airflow entering the greenhouse was 0.65 m/s (about one air change per minute), while the average air velocity in the greenhouse was 0.44 m/s. The average air velocity inside the greenhouse at a crop height (1 m) ranged from 0.3 to 1.8 m/s, which is within the optimum range of recommended air velocities for greenhouses.
Airflow assessment in a naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with wind towers: numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments
Pakari, Ali (Autor:in) / Ghani, Saud (Autor:in)
Energy and Buildings ; 199 ; 1-11
15.06.2019
11 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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