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Window-Windcatcher for Enhanced Thermal Comfort, Natural Ventilation and Reduced COVID-19 Transmission

Buildings, ISSN: 2075-5309, Vol: 12, Issue: 6
2022
  • 16
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 23
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    16
    • Citation Indexes
      16
  • Captures
    23

Article Description

We investigate and test the effectiveness of a novel window windcatcher device (WWC), as a means of improving natural ventilation in buildings. Using ANSYS CFX, the performance of the window-windcatcher is compared to a control case (no window-windcatcher), in three different geographic locations (Cardiff, Doha and Amman) which are representative of three different types of atmospheric conditions. The proposed window-windcatcher has been shown to improve both thermal comfort and indoor air quality by increasing the actual-to-required ventilation ratio by up to 9% compared to the control case as per the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards. In addition, the locations with minimum velocities have been identified. Those locations correspond to the regions with a lower infection risk of spreading airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bibliographic Details

Odi Fawwaz Alrebei; Abdulkarem I. Amhamed; Laith M. Obeidat; Shouib Nouh Ma’bdeh; Tamer Al-Radaideh; Katerina Kaouri

MDPI AG

Engineering

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