The Air Distribution Simulation inside the Glass Showroom Using Radiant Floor and Convection Cooling Systems
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This research focused on finding velocity and temperature distributions of air inside a glass showroom since showroom demands are growing according to electrical vehicle makers are extended. The showroom was equipped with convection (traditional) and radiant floor cooling systems. The standard k-epsilon model of ANSYS Fluent was utilize to investigate 3 cases of the cooling systems; only traditional, only floor, and both systems. The results showed that the velocity distributions of the first and third cases were related to each other. The distribution in the second case was the smoothest because no forced convection occurred. The average temperatures of 3 cases were 24.21°C, 22.28°C and 20.66°C, respectively. This research could provide important information in using both systems in any showrooms. When chilled water available, the radiant floor cooling system should be used to take sensible heat loads and the traditional system should be used to take fluctuating latent heat loads.
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