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Roonak Daghigh

Roonak Daghigh

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 55405375500
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
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Research

Title
Tracer Decay Method for Determining Ventilation Characteristics of Naturally Ventilated Office
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Air Exchange Effectiveness, Air Exchange Rate, Tracer Gas Decay Method, Age of Air, Natural Ventilation
Year
2012
Journal International Journal of Engineering Research and Development
DOI
Researchers Roonak Daghigh ، Nor Mariah Adam ، Barkawi Sahari ، Basharia Yousef ، Mohd Ali

Abstract

—This paper presents ventilation characteristics of naturally ventilated office room that conducted at University Putra Malaysia via 14 windows-door opening arrangements. Air Exchange rate, age of air and air exchange effectiveness of a naturally ventilated office were measured and evaluated, the amount of fresh air provided to the office for each condition was calculated. Tracer gas analysis, based on concentration decay method, is employed to determine these values. Air exchange effectiveness can be employed to characterize the ventilation air mixing within a room and greatly influences the indoor air quality. Age of air is an important index to evaluate indoor air quality in rooms. Experimental results showed that the office with windows-door opening configurations performed better than the opening closed office in terms of air exchange rate, age of air and air exchange effectiveness. The results indicated air flow patterns in the occupied zone which approximate “perfect mixing” in most conditions.