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Mr. K. Vaseemul Rahaman, 2Mr. Shankar
Lakshmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal
Abstract - Air-conditioning systems have been used in many parts of the world. Computer fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is a recent
achievement of CAE technology that is finding growing application in the air conditioning field to enable such concurrent development to
be performed through simulation. People spend 8 0-90% of their time indoors, and indoor environment has important effects on human
health and work efficiency. Outstanding air-conditioning systems help to improve indoor air environment. The new-style air supply modes
either possess prominent potential of energy saving or can provide a comfortable and healthy indoor air environment or both of them.
Therefore, it could be concluded that comfort, health and energy saving are recent research topics and the direction of air conditioning in
the future.
Keywords. Air Conditioning, CFD, Indoor Air Quality, Airflow.
INTRODUCTION
Computer fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is a recent
achievement of CAE technology that is finding growing
application in the air conditioning field to enable such
concurrent development to be performed through simulation.
To date, CFD has mainly been used by air conditioner
manufactures to analyze the airflow of air conditioners in
isolation, or by automotive manufactures to analyze defroster
performance and interior airflows; in other words, it has been
applied most frequently to in cabin component layout and
event analyses.
Air-conditioning systems have been used in many parts of the
world. The purpose of most systems is to provide thermal
comfort and an acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ) for
occupants. With the improvement of standard of living,
occupants require more and more comfortable and healthful
indoor environment. People spend 8 0-90% of their time
indoors, and indoor environment has important effects on
human health and work efficiency. The factors affecting
indoor environment mainly include temperature, humidity,
air exchange rate, air movement, ventilation, particle
pollutants, biological pollutants, and gaseous pollutants.1
1. Air-conditioning systems
Many kinds of AC systems are used to improve indoor
thermal comfort and IAQ. Recent research is focused on
dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS), independent control of
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Conventional AC systems firstly cool air below the dewpoint temperature in order to condense moisture out, and then
reheat it to the supply comfortable temperature before
delivering it to the occupied spaces. This leads to low
evaporating temperature, a poor COP value for the chiller,
and higher energy consumption. Moreover, the FCU may
become the hotbed of many kinds of mildew due to the
existence of condensing water, which will deteriorate IAQ.
The reason for all these problems is that the cooling process
and the dehumidifying process are in the same unit and at the
same time, but there is an essential difference between the
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