[HTML][HTML] Influence of cross-ventilation cooling potential on thermal comfort in high-rise buildings in a hot and humid climate

R Stasi, F Ruggiero, U Berardi - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The rising cooling energy demand, caused by the increase in global average temperature
and the frequency of heat waves, is currently leading to a significant increase in global …

[HTML][HTML] A narrative review to credible computational fluid dynamics models of naturally ventilated built environments

M Hajdukiewicz, FJG Gallero, P Mannion… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This narrative review describes the capabilities of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to
support the scientific analysis of fluid flows inside buildings, focusing on natural ventilation …

Optimal strategy for transition into net-zero energy in educational buildings: A case study in El-Shorouk City, Egypt

AI Omar, NM Khattab, SHEA Aleem - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a conversion strategy from the conventional educational building to a
net-zero energy building (NZEB) as a promising solution to be utilized in solving the energy …

Optimization of energy consumption of a green building using PSO-SVM algorithm

G Zhang, Y Ge, X Pan, MS Afsharzadeh… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the new novel optimization algorithm on the energy consumption of the
represented green building with novel material is represented. The introduced green …

CFD modeling of the building integrated with a novel design of a one-sided wind-catcher with water spray: Focus on thermal comfort

J Foroozesh, SH Hosseini, AJA Hosseini… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising energy demand for buildings has enhanced public awareness of sustainable
energy sources and technologies. In particular, natural ventilation systems such as wind …

Direct immersogeometric fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of objects represented by point clouds

A Balu, MR Rajanna, J Khristy, F Xu… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Immersogeometric analysis (IMGA) is a geometrically flexible method that enables one to
perform multiphysics analysis directly using complex computer-aided design (CAD) models …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the heat transfer fluctuations in the Rayleigh–Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets

F Pelusi, S Ascione, M Sbragaglia, M Bernaschi - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Employing numerical simulations, we provide an accurate insight into the heat transfer
mechanism in the Rayleigh–Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size …

[HTML][HTML] Geo-environmental parametric 3D models of SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation in hospital ventilation systems

CGC Zorzi, A Neckel, LS Maculan, GT Cardoso… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has the potential to cause natural ventilation systems
in hospital environments to be rendered inadequate, not only for workers but also for people …

Effect of an on/off HVAC control on indoor temperature distribution and cycle variability in a single-floor residential building

YQ Xu, YT Peet - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates an influence of an intermittent on/off operation of the air-conditioning
(AC) equipment on the indoor temperature distribution, air flow and a cycle variability within …

[HTML][HTML] A Galerkin/POD reduced-order model from eigenfunctions of non-converged time evolution solutions in a convection problem

J Cortés, H Herrero, F Pla - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
A Galerkin/POD reduced-order model from eigenfunctions of non-converged time evolution
transitory states in a problem of Rayleigh–Bénard is presented. The problem is modeled in a …