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This numerical work developed and analyzed a HVAC system, based on horizontal confluents jets system, in summer typical day conditions placed in a virtual office chamber. Presents and applies a numerical model, developed by the authors in the last years, that considers the coupling of the CFD and HTR. In the input data are used the Computer Aided Design geometry, the location of the occupants and the external environmental variables, while the occupants’ geometry is generated by empirical equations, based in height and weight. Above the head level, six air ducts, connected to the ceiling area, compose the exhaust system. The inlet system was based on four vertical ducts with 0.15 m diameter, located on the corner of the office chamber, are equipped with consecutive holes who promotes horizontal jets near the wall. The thermal comfort, the indoor air quality, the Draught Risk, the effectiveness for heat removal, the effectiveness for contaminant removal and the ADI are evaluated.
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The authors would like to acknowledge to the project (SAICT-ALG/39586/2018) from Algarve Regional Operational Program (CRESC Algarve 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the National Science and Technology Foundation (FCT).
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Conceição, E. et al. (2022). Design and Study of Energy and Comfort in an Office Space Using a Coupling of Human and CFD Numerical Software. In: Ahram, T., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V. IHIET 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 319. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85540-6_108
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