Print Email Facebook Twitter Residential ventilation concepts based on the idea of displacement airflow distribution Title Residential ventilation concepts based on the idea of displacement airflow distribution Author Gkitzias, A. Contributor Bokel, R. (mentor) Van der Vliet, J. (mentor) Faculty Architecture Department Architectural Engineering and Technology Programme Green Building Innovation Date 2013-07-04 Abstract The thesis focused on the development of a residential ventilation concept based on displacement airflow distribution for balanced systems with heat recovery. Within the framework of this study, the thermally stratified ventilation systems and their ability to create better indoor air quality were researched thoroughly via the scientific publications during the last 20 years. The final outcome of the master thesis was the comparison of displacement ventilation with alternative ventilation strategies regarding their impact on the energy consumption of a dwelling. To deal with the non-uniform thermal and contaminant distribution of displacement ventilation, a simulation model based on a 3-airnode structure per zone was developed in TRNSYS-TRNFlow software. The evaluation of the simulation model was made, considering data from relevant scientific papers, as well as from thermal measurements conducted in dwellings with heat recovery. The simulations revealed an energy reduction for the sensible heating load and the ventilation system (i.e., fans and heating coils) up to 24,66%, for the displacement ventilation compared to traditional mixing systems. Subject displacement ventilationresidential ventilationenergy consumptionindoor air quality To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e810bfd2-1dca-4ec9-b03e-4ce571847d95 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2013 Gkitzias, A. Files PDF P5 Report_Aris Gkitzias.pdf 32.98 MB PDF P5_presentation_ArisGkitzias.pdf 4.1 MB PDF Reflection_Aris Gkitzias.pdf 463.9 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e810bfd2-1dca-4ec9-b03e-4ce571847d95/datastream/OBJ2/view