Characteristics of airflow in the platform with high-speed train passing through the underground railway station

School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China

^* Corresponding author: Yongliang Xie; email: yongliangxie17@163.com; phone: 13730624726.
^* Email of all the authors: Qizhang Li: lqz@my.swjtu.edu.cn; Yongliang Xie: yongliangxie17@163.com

Abstract

Underground high-speed railway station is becoming more and more popular in recent years, due to its advantage in relieving the tense situation of urban construction land. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system of underground railway station consumes large energy, therefore it is necessary to find a way to decrease the energy consumption in stations. Reasonable ventilation and air organization are the basis of energy-saving design of environment control system in stations. The energy consumption could be reduced greatly by utilizing the piston wind properly. In the present work, airflow characteristics in the station are investigated when high-speed train is passing through the underground railway station with CCM+ software. Results show that piston wind has different effects on airflow in the platform when the high-speed train is running. However, the air velocity in the platform is always lower than 5 m/s. In order to analyse the effect of piston wind on the airflow in the platform in more detail, the velocities and temperatures at waiting line are extracted. The air velocity near two ends of platform is larger and the similar results could also be observed for temperatures.