CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico

Rodriguez Miranda, Sergio; Gamboa, G. O.; Zamora-Antuñano, Marco Antonio; Farrera-Vázquez, Neín; García-García, Raúl

doi:10.3390/pr11041286

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CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico

by

Sergio Rodriguez Miranda

^1,†,

G. O. Gamboa

^2,†,

Marco Antonio Zamora-Antuñano

^3,*,†

,

Neín Farrera-Vázquez

^3,†

and

Raúl García-García

^1,*,†

¹

Division of Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Universidad Tecnologica de San Juan del Rio (UTSJR), San Juan del Rıo 76900, Queretaro, Mexico

²

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo 76703, Querétaro, Mexico

³

Engineering Area and Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de UVM (CIIDETEC-UVM), Universidad del Valle de México, Queretaro 76230, Querétaro, Mexico

^*

Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Processes 2023, 11(4), 1286; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041286

Submission received: 16 March 2023 / Revised: 16 April 2023 / Accepted: 18 April 2023 / Published: 21 April 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photovoltaic (PV) Systems: Modelling, Measurement and Assessment)

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Abstract

The aim of using electromechanical air conditioning in buildings is to maintain thermal comfort for its occupants; however, this type of air conditioning represents 40% of the total energy consumption of a building, generating economic and environmental impacts, because fossil fuels are the main source of energy. To reduce the use of electromechanical conditioning, it is possible to take advantage of the climatic conditions of the region to improve its performance. Due to the small number of works that quantitatively support measures aimed at improving the thermal behavior of houses in an integral way and the growth of mass construction in Mexico, in the present work, a solar chimney is incorporated in a typical type of social interest housing in Guanajuato. The incorporation of the solar chimney was simulated by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using ANSYS and evaluated by ASHRAE Standard 55-2017. The selected arrangement induces air flow inside without the need for external flow and obtains speeds of 0.2 m/s; thus, it could be considered for rooms within comfort zones up to an operating temperature of 29 °C according to the ASHRAE Standard 55-2017, PMV method.

Keywords: solar chimney; simulation; thermal comfort; CFD

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Rodriguez Miranda, S.; Gamboa, G.O.; Zamora-Antuñano, M.A.; Farrera-Vázquez, N.; García-García, R. CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico. Processes 2023, 11, 1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041286

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Rodriguez Miranda S, Gamboa GO, Zamora-Antuñano MA, Farrera-Vázquez N, García-García R. CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico. Processes. 2023; 11(4):1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041286

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Rodriguez Miranda, Sergio, G. O. Gamboa, Marco Antonio Zamora-Antuñano, Neín Farrera-Vázquez, and Raúl García-García. 2023. "CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico" Processes 11, no. 4: 1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041286

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Rodriguez Miranda, S., Gamboa, G. O., Zamora-Antuñano, M. A., Farrera-Vázquez, N., & García-García, R. (2023). CFD Evaluation of Thermal Conditioning in a House of Social Interest with a Solar Chimney Arrangement in Guanajuato, Mexico. Processes, 11(4), 1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041286

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