WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 11, 2015
Sick Building Syndrome Suppressing by Room Ventilation
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Abstract: The paper deals with the problem of so-called “sick building syndrome”, typical for air-tight rooms and buildings without natural or artificial ventilation where the pollutant concentrations (heat, moisture, CO2, etc.) are increasing and make problems, sometimes dangerous, during the use of the room. Typical problems are for instance higher air humidity, water condensation, mould growth etc. The presented results of numerical flow simulations, simulated for the conditions of Central Europe, are made for the cold winter period and present that simple measures can remedy such unsuitable state, practically without investing expenses and without consumption of operational energy – not any known air conditioning devices used. Important differences between ventilation by large opening and narrow slots are presented, too.
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Keywords: Room ventilation, Pollutant concentration, Flow simulation, Self-ventilation, Sick building syndrome
Pages: 207-218
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5079 / 2224-3496, Volume 11, 2015, Art. #23