TY - JOUR A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Kornadt, Oliver A1 - Ostry, Milan T1 - Temperature reduction due to the application of phase change materials JF - Energy and Buildings N2 - Overheating is a major problem in many modern buildings due to the utilization of lightweight constructions with low heat storing capacity. A possible answer to this problem is the emplacement of phase change materials (PCM), thereby increasing the thermal mass of a building. These materials change their state of aggregation within a defined temperature range. Useful PCM for buildings show a phase transition from solid to liquid and vice versa. The thermal mass of the materials is increased by the latent heat. A modified gypsum plaster and a salt mixture were chosen as two materials for the study of their impact on room temperature reduction. For realistic investigations, test rooms were erected where measurements were carried out under different conditions such as temporary air change, alternate internal heat gains or clouding. The experimental data was finally reproduced by dint of a mathematical model. KW - Raumklima KW - Paraffin KW - Phasenumwandlung KW - Gebäude KW - Überhitzung KW - summer overheating in buildings KW - phase change materials KW - PCM KW - Paraffin KW - salt hydrate KW - numerical simulation KW - mathematical model KW - heat storage Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181025-38166 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778807002034 N1 - The following article appeared in the journal Energy and Buildings 40 (5) 2008, 937‐944 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.07.008. IS - 40, 5 SP - 937 EP - 944 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Alsaad, Hayder T1 - Simulating the human body's microclimate using automatic coupling of CFD and an advanced thermoregulation model JF - Indoor Air N2 - This study aims to develop an approach to couple a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver to the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) thermal comfort model to accurately evaluate thermal comfort. The coupling was made using an iterative JavaScript to automatically transfer data for each individual segment of the human body back and forth between the CFD solver and the UCB model until reaching convergence defined by a stopping criterion. The location from which data are transferred to the UCB model was determined using a new approach based on the temperature difference between subsequent points on the temperature profile curve in the vicinity of the body surface. This approach was used because the microclimate surrounding the human body differs in thickness depending on the body segment and the surrounding environment. To accurately simulate the thermal environment, the numerical model was validated beforehand using experimental data collected in a climate chamber equipped with a thermal manikin. Furthermore, an example of the practical implementations of this coupling is reported in this paper through radiant floor cooling simulation cases, in which overall and local thermal sensation and comfort were investigated using the coupled UCB model. KW - Numerische Strömungssimulation KW - Mikroklima KW - Wärmeübergangszahl KW - Wärmeempfindung KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - microclimate KW - UCB model KW - heat transfer coefficient KW - thermal sensation Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190218-38517 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ina.12451 N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the article published in Indoor Air 28 (3), 415-425 (2018) and may be found in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12451. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Copyright 2018 John Wiley & Sons. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and John Wiley & Sons. VL - 2018 IS - 28, Heft 3 SP - 415 EP - 425 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Beckmann, Julia A1 - Koehlmann, Sandra A1 - Kornadt, Oliver T1 - Occupant requirements in residential buildings – an empirical study and a theoretical model JF - Advances in Building Energy Research N2 - Occupant needs with regard to residential buildings are not well known due to a lack of representative scientific studies. To improve the lack of data, a large scale study was carried out using a Post Occupancy Evaluation of 1,416 building occupants. Several criteria describing the needs of occupants were evaluated with regard to their subjective level of relevance. Additionally, we investigated the degree to which deficiencies subjectively exist, and the degree to which occupants were able to accept them. From the data obtained, a hierarchy of criteria was created. It was found that building occupants ranked the physiological needs of air quality and thermal comfort the highest. Health hazards such as mould and contaminated building materials were unacceptable for occupants, while other deficiencies were more likely to be tolerated. Occupant satisfaction was also investigated. We found that most occupants can be classified as satisfied, although some differences do exist between different populations. To explain the relationship between the constructs of what we call relevance, acceptance, deficiency and satisfaction, we then created an explanatory model. Using correlation and regression analysis, the validity of the model was then confirmed by applying the collected data. The results of the study are both relevant in shaping further research and in providing guidance on how to maximize tenant satisfaction in real estate management. KW - Post Occupancy Evaluation KW - Gebäude KW - Benutzung KW - occupant requirements KW - occupant satisfaction KW - residential buildings KW - housing KW - questionnaire Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181015-38137 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512549.2012.749808 N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Advances in Building Energy Research on 29/01/2013, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512549.2012.749808. IS - 7 (1) SP - 35 EP - 50 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becher, Lia A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Rodehorst, Volker A1 - Kuhne, Michael T1 - Background-oriented schlieren technique for two-dimensional visualization of convective indoor air flows JF - Optics and Lasers in Engineering N2 - This article focuses on further developments of the background-oriented schlieren (BOS) technique to visualize convective indoor air flow, which is usually defined by very small density gradients. Since the light rays deflect when passing through fluids with different densities, BOS can detect the resulting refractive index gradients as integration along a line of sight. In this paper, the BOS technique is used to yield a two-dimensional visualization of small density gradients. The novelty of the described method is the implementation of a highly sensitive BOS setup to visualize the ascending thermal plume from a heated thermal manikin with temperature differences of minimum 1 K. To guarantee steady boundary conditions, the thermal manikin was seated in a climate laboratory. For the experimental investigations, a high-resolution DLSR camera was used capturing a large field of view with sufficient detail accuracy. Several parameters such as various backgrounds, focal lengths, room air temperatures, and distances between the object of investigation, camera, and structured background were tested to find the most suitable parameters to visualize convective indoor air flow. Besides these measurements, this paper presents the analyzing method using cross-correlation algorithms and finally the results of visualizing the convective indoor air flow with BOS. The highly sensitive BOS setup presented in this article complements the commonly used invasive methods that highly influence weak air flows. KW - Raumklima KW - Raumluftströmungen KW - Flow visualization KW - Convective indoor air flow KW - Background-oriented schlieren KW - Human thermal plume KW - Cross-correlation Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220810-46972 N1 - This article is published by Elsevier in Optics and Lasers in Engineering 134 (2020) 106282 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2020.106282 Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and Elsevier Ltd. VL - 2020 IS - Volume 134, article 106282 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dokhanchi, Najmeh Sadat A1 - Arnold, Jörg A1 - Vogel, Albert A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography: Optimal Positioning of Transceiver and Maximal Sound-Ray Coverage of the Room T2 - Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2019 N2 - Acoustic travel-time tomography (ATOM) determines the distribution of the temperature in a propagation medium by measuring the travel-time of acoustic signals between transmitters and receivers. To employ ATOM for indoor climate measurements, the impulse responses have been measured in the climate chamber lab of the Bauhaus-University Weimar and compared with the theoretical results of its image source model (ISM). A challenging task is distinguishing the reflections of interest in the reflectogram when the sound rays have similar travel-times. This paper presents a numerical method to address this problem by finding optimal positions of transmitter and receiver, since they have a direct impact on the distribution of travel times. These optimal positions have the minimum number of simultaneous arrival time within a threshold level. Moreover, for the tomographic reconstruction, when some of the voxels remain empty of sound-rays, it leads to inaccurate determination of the air temperature within those voxels. Based on the presented numerical method, the number of empty tomographic voxels are minimized to ensure the best sound-ray coverage of the room. Subsequently, a spatial temperature distribution is estimated by simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique (SIRT). The experimental set-up in the climate chamber verifies the simulation results. KW - Bauphysik KW - Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography KW - Bauklimatik KW - Akustische Tomographie Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190408-38778 UR - https://www.dega-akustik.de/publikationen/online-proceedings/ N1 - This conference paper has been submitted to the DAGA 2019. Thus, the original paper first is published in the "Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2019" ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Mämpel, Silvio A1 - Kornadt, Oliver T1 - Measuring the human body’s micro‐climate using a thermal manikin JF - Indoor Air N2 - The human body is surrounded by a micro‐climate which results from its convective release of heat. In this study, the air temperature and flow velocity of this micro‐climate were measured in a climate chamber at various room temperatures, using a thermal manikin simulating the heat release of the human being. Different techniques (Particle Streak Tracking, thermography, anemometry, and thermistors) were used for measurement and visualization. The manikin surface temperature was adjusted to the particular indoor climate based on simulations with a thermoregulation model (UCBerkeley Thermal Comfort Model). We found that generally, the micro‐climate is thinner at the lower part of the torso, but expands going up. At the head, there is a relatively thick thermal layer, which results in an ascending plume above the head. However, the micro‐climate shape strongly depends not only on the body segment, but also on boundary conditions: the higher the temperature difference between the surface temperature of the manikin and the air temperature, the faster the air flow in the micro‐climate. Finally, convective heat transfer coefficients strongly increase with falling room temperature, while radiative heat transfer coefficients decrease. The type of body segment strongly influences the convective heat transfer coefficient, while only minimally influencing the radiative heat transfer coefficient. KW - Raumklima KW - Mikroklima KW - Wärmeübertragung KW - Strömungsmechanik KW - thermal manikin KW - climate chamber KW - micro climate KW - heat transfer coefficient KW - CFD KW - thermography Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181025-38153 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ina.12112 N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Measuring the human body’s micro‐climate using a thermal manikin", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12112. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. IS - 24, 6 SP - 567 EP - 579 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Performance assessment of a ductless personalized ventilation system using a validated CFD model JF - Journal of Building Performance Simulation N2 - The aim of this study is twofold: to validate a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, and then to use the validated model to evaluate the performance of a ductless personalized ventilation (DPV) system. To validate the numerical model, a series of measurements was conducted in a climate chamber equipped with a thermal manikin. Various turbulence models, settings, and options were tested; simulation results were compared to the measured data to determine the turbulence model and solver settings that achieve the best agreement between the measured and simulated values. Subsequently, the validated CFD model was then used to evaluate the thermal environment and indoor air quality in a room equipped with a DPV system combined with displacement ventilation. Results from the numerical model were then used to quantify thermal sensation and comfort using the UC Berkeley thermal comfort model. KW - Ventilation KW - Validierung KW - Strömungsmechanik KW - Raumklima KW - personalized ventilation KW - validation KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - thermal comfort KW - indoor air quality Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190218-38500 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19401493.2018.1431806 N1 - Copyright 2018 Taylor & Francis Group and the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11 (6), 689–704 (2018) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1080/19401493.2018.1431806 VL - 2018 IS - 11, Heft 6 SP - 689 EP - 704 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Qualitative evaluation of the flow supplied by personalized ventilation using schlieren imaging and thermography JF - Building and Environment N2 - Personalized ventilation (PV) is a mean of delivering conditioned outdoor air into the breathing zone of the occupants. This study aims to qualitatively investigate the personalized flows using two methods of visualization: (1) schlieren imaging using a large schlieren mirror and (2) thermography using an infrared camera. While the schlieren imaging was used to render the velocity and mass transport of the supplied flow, thermography was implemented to visualize the air temperature distribution induced by the PV. Both studies were conducted using a thermal manikin to simulate an occupant facing a PV outlet. As a reference, the flow supplied by an axial fan and a cased axial fan was visualized with the schlieren system as well and compared to the flow supplied by PV. Schlieren visualization results indicate that the steady, low-turbulence flow supplied by PV was able to penetrate the thermal convective boundary layer encasing the manikin's body, providing clean air for inhalation. Contrarily, the axial fan diffused the supplied air over a large target area with high turbulence intensity; it only disturbed the convective boundary layer rather than destroying it. The cased fan supplied a flow with a reduced target area which allowed supplying more air into the breathing zone compared to the fan. The results of thermography visualization showed that the supplied cool air from PV penetrated the corona-shaped thermal boundary layer. Furthermore, the supplied air cooled the surface temperature of the face, which indicates the large impact of PV on local thermal sensation and comfort. KW - Bildverarbeitung KW - Photothermische Methode KW - Visualisierung KW - Belüftung KW - Lüftungsanlage KW - Schlieren imaging KW - Thermography KW - Visualization KW - Personalized ventilation KW - Axial fan Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20211008-45117 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132319306602?via%3Dihub N1 - This is the accepted manuscript of the article published by Elsevier in Building and Environment 167 (2020) 106450, which can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106450. VL - 2020 IS - Volume 167, article 106450 PB - Elsevier CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dokhanchi, Najmeh Sadat A1 - Arnold, Jörg A1 - Vogel, Albert A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Measurement of indoor air temperature distribution using acoustic travel-time tomography: Optimization of transducers location and sound-ray coverage of the room JF - Measurement N2 - Acoustic travel-time TOMography (ATOM) allows the measurement and reconstruction of air temperature distributions. Due to limiting factors, such as the challenge of travel-time estimation of the early reflections in the room impulse response, which heavily depends on the position of transducers inside the measurement area, ATOM is applied mainly outdoors. To apply ATOM in buildings, this paper presents a numerical solution to optimize the positions of transducers. This optimization avoids reflection overlaps, leading to distinguishable travel-times in the impulse response reflectogram. To increase the accuracy of the measured temperature within tomographic voxels, an additional function is employed to the proposed numerical method to minimize the number of sound-path-free voxels, ensuring the best sound-ray coverage of the room. Subsequently, an experimental set-up has been performed to verify the proposed numerical method. The results indicate the positive impact of the optimal positions of transducers on the distribution of ATOM-temperatures. KW - Bauphysik KW - Bauklimatik KW - Akustische Laufzeit-Tomographie Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220524-46473 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0263224120304723?via%3Dihub VL - 2020 IS - Volume 164, article 107934 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -