Numerical analysis of the thermal comfort in a church building

Florin Emilian Ţurcanu; Marina Verdeş; Vasilică Ciocan; Andrei Burlacu; Răzvan Silviu Luciu; Marius Costel Bălan; Gavril Şosoi

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20198502008

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 85, 2019 EENVIRO 2018 – Sustainable Solutions for Energy and Environment


Article Number		02008
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Computational Fluid Dynamics in Built Environment
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20198502008
Published online		22 February 2019

E3S Web of Conferences 85, 02008 (2019)

Numerical analysis of the thermal comfort in a church building

Florin Emilian Ţurcanu¹^*, Marina Verdeş¹, Vasilică Ciocan¹, Andrei Burlacu¹, Răzvan Silviu Luciu¹, Marius Costel Bălan¹ and Gavril Şosoi¹^,2

¹ Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, 700050 Iaşi, Romania
² Aix-Marseille Université, IUSTI UMR 7343, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France

^* Corresponding author: turcanufemilian@gmail.com

Abstract

Based on the monitoring campaigns, we have evaluated the indoor microclimate in a church. Most church buildings are characterised by low thermal comfort due primarily to their architecture, heating huge volume of air. The CFD tools was used for thermal comfort evaluation in case of the existing heating system during the winter season. The simulation model was validated with experimental data and it was used for thermal and air velocity profiles in the occupancy zone of churchgoers. The aim of the paper is the study the feasibility of maintaining the heritage values of the churches while achieving the significant improvement of the thermal comfort.

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