Convective heat transfer modelling in offices with night cooling
Convective heat transfer modelling in offices with night coolingDoctoral dissertation Kim Goethals
Convective heat transfer modelling in offices with night cooling
Doctoral dissertation Kim Goethals
Kim Goethals obtained in 2012 a doctorate in engineering: architecture. His dissertation dealt with "Convective heat transfer modelling in offices with night cooling" (supervisor: prof. A. Janssens). He examined whether building designers are able to accurately predict the performance of night ventilation with today's dynamic building energy simulation programs (BES) and investigated the influence of the room/system design of a generic landscape office on the convective heat transfer during night ventilation. During the investigations he did experiments in a PASLINK cell and he performed BES and CFD simulations. His results revealed the defect of the BES approach to model the convective heat transfer and illustrated the far-reaching impact of the room/system design on the night ventilation performance. Kim Goethals finally proposed to couple BES with CFD based surrogate models.
Doctoral student:Kim Goethals Public defense: 2012-06-06 Supervisor:prof. Arnold Janssens
Examination Board: prof. Rik Van de Walle, voorzitter prof. Arnold Janssens, promotor, UGent - vakgroep Architectuur en Stedenbouw (EA01) prof. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada prof. Wim Boydens, secretaris, UGent - vakgroep Architectuur en Stedenbouw (EA01) prof. Hilde Breesch, Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven, Gent prof. Michel De Paepe, UGent - vakgroep Elektrische Energie, Metalen, Mechanische Constructies en Systemen (EA08) ereprof. ir. Erik Dick, UGent - vakgroep Elektrische Energie, Metalen, Mechanische Constructies en Systemen (EA08) prof. Dirk Saelens, KU Leuven
