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14 2ȣ, June 2015
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ISSN : 2288-9167 (Print)
ISSN : 2288-923X (Online)
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A study on the performance of a SST k- model for near field dispersion of odor from rooftop emissions
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Abstracts
This paper presents the performance of a CFD model for the near field dispersion of odor from rooftop emissions.
The FLUENT Shear-Stress Transport (SST hereinafter) k- turbulence model was used to simulate odor dispersion
from a rooftop odor vent. The results were compared with a wind tunnel experiment and the calculated results
of ASHRAE 2003 and 2007. The FLUENT SST k- turbulence model provided good results for making
reasonable predictions about the building rooftop surface normalized dilution. It was found that increasing the vent
height (from 1 m to 7 m) reduces rooftop surface normalized dilution. ASHRAE 2003 and ASHRAE 2007
performance measures are generally not as good as FLUENT SST k- turbulence model performance measures,
with larger MG (the geometric mean bias, VG (the geometric variance), NMSE (the normalized mean square error),
FB (Fractional bias), and smaller FAC2 (the fraction of predictions within a factor of two of observations).
Keywords : Rooftop emissions, FLUENT, SST k- model performance, Odor concentrations of roof top surface.