Title: Dispersion of a passive pollutant in the vicinity of a U-shaped building

Authors: J. Gotting, Ch. Winkler, M. Rau, N. Moussiopoulos, G. Ernst

Addresses: Institut fur Technische Thermodynamik, Universitat Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. ' Institut fur Technische Thermodynamik, Universitat Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. ' Wacker und Rau, Buro fur angewandte Stromungsmechanik, 75217 Birkenfeld, Germany. ' Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece. ' Institut fur Technische Thermodynamik, Universitat Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract: The three-dimensional microscale numerical model MIMO was applied to calculate the dispersion of a passive pollutant in the vicinity of a U-shaped building. Three different locations of a non-buoyant source and six different wind directions were examined. The calculated concentrations were compared with concentrations measured in a boundary layer wind tunnel. The comparison shows a very good agreement between numerical and wind tunnel results.

Keywords: MIMO models; passive pollutants; U-shaped buildings; building effects; air pollution; environmental pollution; modelling; atmospheric dispersion models; boundary layer; wind tunnels.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1997.028224

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1997 Vol.8 No.3/4/5/6, pp.718 - 726

Published online: 15 Sep 2009 *

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