Exploring the optimal return air height of different air supply modes based on energy consumption analysis and TOPSIS evaluation method

School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China

^* Corresponding author: jlren@hebut.edu.cn

Abstract

The side return air is considered to be a ventilation form that can effectively remove indoor particulate matter, and relevant scholars have little research on the height of air return outlet for different air supply methods. In this paper, a single-person ward experimental cabin is established, and the focus is to study the effect of different side return air outlet heights on the particle removal effect under three air supply forms. And use CFD simulation to increase the type of return air outlet height, finally use the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method to comprehensively evaluate the pros and cons of 60 working conditions. The results show that the optimal return air height of top air supply and underfloor air supply is 1.2m, and the best working condition of side air supply is 1.6m air supply-0.7m air return of 12ACH. Most of the working conditions of side air supply are better, followed by top air supply, and finally underfloor air supply.