Correlations for forced convective heat transfer coefficients at the windward building façade with vertical louvers
Correlations for forced convective heat transfer coefficients at the windward building façade with vertical louvers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110611
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发表时间:
2023-08
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Shi Tao;Nanyang Yu;Fujian Jiang;Xiaowen Su;K. Zhao
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作者:
Shi Tao;Nanyang Yu;Fujian Jiang;Xiaowen Su;K. Zhao
Vertical louvers are a widely used external shading system to control natural lighting and solar heat gain for buildings. However, when installed on a building façade, they can disrupt the flow field around the façade and affect the external convective heat transfer process of building's exterior surfaces. To this end, this paper conducted CFD simulations to clarify the forced convective heat transfer patterns in a vertical louver-facade system based on thek-ωSST model with a detailed verification. The extended Newton's cooling equation is used to describe the heat exchange process between louvers, building façade, and air, which generates four heat transfer coefficients:hwa,hwb,hba,andhbw. Then the impacts of dimensionless temperature difference (θ), louver angle (φ), louver slat width (B), and installation distance (W) on the heat transfer coefficients are investigated. The results show thatθdoes not affect the average heat transfer coefficients.hwareaches a minimum value andhbareaches a maximum value whenφ= 75o. In addition,hwaincreases by 55.3% andhbadecreases by 21.9% asBincreases from 0.3 m to 1 m. WhenWincreases from 0.25 m to 1 m,hwadecreases by 5.6% andhbaincreases by 39.6%. The variation in the heat transfer coefficients (hwbandhbw) between the louvers and building façade is also explained. Finally, new correlations of paired heat transfer coefficients are established as a function ofφ,B,W, and wind velocity (U10). The accuracy of these correlations is evaluated by comparing calculated values with simulated results.