Abstract
Rotating rooftop turbine ventilators are cost effective environmental friendly natural ventilation devices, which are used to extract airflow from a building to improve air quality and comfort. A CFD study using the standard k- ɛ turbulence model with multiple reference frame (MRF) meshing technique was employed to explore the suitability of numerical approach in modelling various features of a ventilator flow. The initial CFD results were validated against wind tunnel data obtained for a commercial ventilator on a simulated inclined rooftop configuration conducted at the aerodynamic laboratory of University of New South Wales. The numerical studies were then extended to examine both the internal and the external flows associated with the ventilator at different wind speeds and to quantify the performance of a rotating ventilator in terms of air extraction rate. The trend observed appeared to be in good agreement with published data suggesting that application of numerical simulation is feasible as a cost effective tool in the future design, development and performance analysis of rotating wind driven ventilation device.
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