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Quality of life control by selected methods of air exchange in a typical apartment building

Version 1 : Received: 12 March 2021 / Approved: 15 March 2021 / Online: 15 March 2021 (08:11:30 CET)

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Bullová, I.; Kapalo, P.; Katunský, D. Quantification of Air Rate Change by Selected Methods in a Typical Apartment Building. Buildings 2021, 11, 174. Bullová, I.; Kapalo, P.; Katunský, D. Quantification of Air Rate Change by Selected Methods in a Typical Apartment Building. Buildings 2021, 11, 174.

Abstract

Air change rate is an important parameter for quantification of ventilation heat losses and also affects the indoor climate of buildings. Indoor air quality is significantly associated with ventilation. If air change isn't sufficient, trapped allergens, pollutants and irritants can degrade the indoor air quality and affect the well-being of a building's occupants. Many studies on ventilation and health have concluded that lower air change rates can have a negative effect on people’s health and low ventilation may result in an increase in allergic diseases. Quantification of air change rate is complicated, since it is affected by a number of parameters, of which the one of the most variable is the air-wind flow. This study aims to determination and comparison of values of the air change rate in two methods - by quantifying of aerodynamic coefficient Cp = Cpe - Cpi – so called aerodynamic quantification of the building and the methodology based on experimental measurements of carbon dioxide in the selected reference room in apartment building.

Keywords

apartment building; aerodynamic coefficient; wind speed; air change rate; concentration of carbon dioxide; experimental measurement

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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