Optimization Analysis of Natural Ventilation in University Laboratories Based on CFD Simulation

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a significant surge in the adoption of natural ventilation for building indoor spaces, garnering widespread attention. However, the research on human comfort optimization strategies closely related to the effect of natural ventilation is still relatively blank. Therefore, we have taken university laboratories as the research object and studied the use of CFD technology to construct numerical models. Based on previous research on the relevant theories of building ventilation and the impact of various air indicators on human comfort, we simulate the indoor airflow organization of buildings, and propose reasonable optimization design strategies based on simulation results and analysis conclusions. Compared to other studies on NV, we propose a completely new indicator, the Average rate of change in air age (ARCA), to assess the rate of improvement in air age. The results show that compared with the wind environment under basic conditions, the optimization strategy proposed by us increases the wind speed area suitable for human beings by about 14.3%, and reduces ARCA by about 53.3% at most.