Modeling of Indoor Air Flow Distribution in a Naturally Ventilated Kitchen

Authors

  • Buddhi P. Sapkota Ratna Rajyalaxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kedar N. Uprety Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
  • Harihar Khanal Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900, U.S.A.
  • Prakash V. Bhave International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/nmsr.v34i1-2.30018

Keywords:

Indoor air pollution, Navier-Stoks equation, numerical modeling, natural ventilation

Abstract

This paper focuses on the modeling of indoor air pollution in a naturally ventilated kitchen based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach to assess its ventilation effectiveness. The 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with conservation of total energy are solved numerically using ANSYS-Fluent software and the pollutant paths are investigated from the profiles of velocity, pressure, turbulent kinetic energy and temperature throughout different sections of the kitchen. Experimental verification is made through the measurement of indoor air contaminant in the same kitchen. The simulation results agree well with the on-site measured data.

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Author Biographies

Kedar N. Uprety, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

Central Department of Mathematics

Harihar Khanal, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900, U.S.A.

Department of Mathematics

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Published

2016-12-31

How to Cite

Sapkota, B. P., Uprety, K. N., Khanal, H., & Bhave, P. V. (2016). Modeling of Indoor Air Flow Distribution in a Naturally Ventilated Kitchen. The Nepali Mathematical Sciences Report, 34(1-2), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.3126/nmsr.v34i1-2.30018

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1-2 (2016)

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