HEAT AND MASS-TRANSFER THROUGH LARGE OPENINGS BY NATURAL-CONVECTION

Authors
SANTAMOURIS M ARGIRIOU A ASIMAKOPOULOS D KLITSIKAS N DOUNIS A
Citation
M. Santamouris et al., HEAT AND MASS-TRANSFER THROUGH LARGE OPENINGS BY NATURAL-CONVECTION, Energy and buildings, 23(1), 1995, pp. 1-8
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Construcion & Building Technology
Journal title
Energy and buildings → ACNP
ISSN journal
03787788
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-7788(1995)23:1<1:HAMTLO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Convective heat and mass transfer through large openings play an impor tant role in the thermal behaviour of buildings. These phenomena becom e even more determinant in the case of naturally ventilated buildings. This paper reviews the models describing the involved phenomena due t o gravitational and boundary layer pumping flows proposed up to 1992. A sensitivity analysis is also presented, aimed at a comparison of the se models and a determination of the points requiring further research .