Ventilation System Type and the Resulting Classroom Temperature and Air Quality During Heating Season

Jie Gao; Pawel Wargocki; Yi Wang

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39584-0_23

Ventilation System Type and the Resulting Classroom Temperature and Air Quality During Heating Season

Jie Gao, Pawel Wargocki, Yi Wang

Department of Civil Engineering

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Abstract

The present study investigated how different ventilation system types influence classroom temperature and air quality. Five classrooms were selected in the same school. They were ventilated by manually operable windows, manually operable windows with exhaust fan, automatically operable windows with and without exhaust fan and by mechanical ventilation system. Temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration and opening of windows were continuously monitored for one month during heating season in 2012. Classroom with manually operable windows had the highest carbon dioxide concentration levels so that the estimated ventilation rate was the lowest compared with the classrooms ventilated with other systems. Temperatures were slightly lower in classroom ventilated by manually operable windows with exhaust fan. Windows were opened seldom even in the classroom ventilated by manually operable windows. Classrooms with automatically operable windows and exhaust fan and with mechanical ventilation systems achieved the best thermal environment and air quality during heating season among all classrooms examined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Number of pages	12
Volume	1
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2014
Pages	203-214
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39584-0_23
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - Xi' An, China Duration: 19 Oct 2013 → 21 Oct 2013 Conference number: 8 http://www.ishvac2013.org/v2/index.php

Conference

Conference	8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Number	8
Country	China
City	Xi' An
Period	19/10/2013 → 21/10/2013
Internet address	http://www.ishvac2013.org/v2/index.php

Series	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	261
ISSN	1876-1100

Keywords

Classroom
Ventilation system type
Temperature
Carbon dioxide concentration
Ventilation rate

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Gao, J., Wargocki, P., & Wang, Y. (2014). Ventilation System Type and the Resulting Classroom Temperature and Air Quality During Heating Season. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (Vol. 1, pp. 203-214). Springer. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol.. 261 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39584-0_23

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Gao, J, Wargocki, P & Wang, Y 2014, Ventilation System Type and the Resulting Classroom Temperature and Air Quality During Heating Season. in Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. vol. 1, Springer, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 261, pp. 203-214, 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Xi' An, China, 19/10/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39584-0_23

Ventilation System Type and the Resulting Classroom Temperature and Air Quality During Heating Season. / Gao, Jie; Wargocki, Pawel; Wang, Yi.

Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. Vol. 1 Springer, 2014. p. 203-214 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 261).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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