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an old principle
with new technology
Discussing:
what is displacement ventilation?
used)?
80 – 90 W
Air
supply
units
The air floats
along the floor like
water and fills the
room from below
The extract
opening can be
located
anywhere in the
The extract air
highest part of flows along the
the room ceiling
The air is
supplied from
wall panels with
low velocity.
Plane,
wall-mounted
Circular,
free-standing
Semi-circular,
corner-mounted Floor-
mounted
• Remember:
z
– Choose a diffuser that is suited
for the purpose
– Make sure that the adjacent zone
Velocity
(the “draught zone”) does reach Acceleration
decay
region
places where people are located region
permanently.
Air diffuser
Air diffuser
0,5 Supply 0%
18 °C
0
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Contaminant
Extract 100%
2,5
Height above floor, z [m]
26 °C
2,0
0,5 Supply 0%
18 °C
0
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Contaminants
2,0
24 °C
1,5 Occupied zone Less cooling
24 °C
1,0 24 °C is needed to
0,5 Supply 16 °C obtain the
0 desired
16 18 20 22 24 26 temperature in
Temperature [°C]
Displacement the occupied
Extract 26 °C
space
2,5
Height above floor, z [m]
26 °C
2,0
Average
temperature
in the
occupied
space
= 23°C
oz
9°C
9°C
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 [°C] 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 [°C]
2,0
24 °C
1,5 Occupied zone For the same
100%
1,0 100% ventilation
0,5 Supply rate, we may
0 get better air
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% quality with
Contaminant
Displacement
displacement
Extract 100% ventilation
2,5
Height above floor, z [m]
26 °C
2,0
0,5 Supply 0%
18 °C
0
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Contaminant
26 °C
2,0
26 °C
2,0
< 10 l/s per
1,5 Occupied zone Breathing zone
90% - 100% < 100 % person
1,0
= insufficient
0,5 Supply 0%
18 °C
0
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Contaminants
0,5
0,3
0,2
0,1
0,0
0 5 10 15 20 litre/s
Flow rate person
Height [m]
1,5
1,0
0,5
0,0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2,5 2,5
Height above floor, z [m]
0,5 0,5
0 0
0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Contaminant Contaminant
Supply 0% Supply 0%
Air supply in
front of the room
5
4
3
appr. 6K
2
1
0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Temperature [°C]
Supply air Air temperature at
temperature floor level,
s =16°C
oz21°C
ce = 1350 ppm
Supply air
qCO2 = qs = 10 l/s per pers
0,006 l/s per pers. cs = 750 ppm cs = 750 ppm
= 0,5
total cooling.
1,50
= 0,4
Cooled ceilings, or
1,00
cooling convectors,
= ratio of the cooled
ceiling cooling output to decrease the air
0,50 the total cooling output
(Tan 1998)
quality benefit.
0,00
Mixing ventilation
0,8 1,0 1,2 1,4
should be considered
Relative air temperature as an alternative.
(relative to temp. at 0,1 m above the floor)