Science Inventory

PHYSICAL MODELING OF CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND TWIN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WITH A DISTRICT HEATING PLANT

Citation:

Ohba, M. AND R.E. Lawson, Jr. PHYSICAL MODELING OF CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND TWIN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WITH A DISTRICT HEATING PLANT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/291 (NTIS PB94130705), 1993.

Description:

A wind tunnel experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of three high-rise building configurations on the diffusion of emissions released near the downstream base of the buildings. he building configurations included an isolated high-rise building, two high-rise buildings separated in the streamwise direction, and two high-rise buildings separated in the streamwise direction, but situated atop a terrace-shaped lower level. or each configuration, the emission source location, building height and/or building separation was systematically varied while tracer concentration measurements were obtained both downstream and on the surface of the buildings. hen the source was within the downwind wake of the twin building models, the source elevation did not strongly influence the building surface distributions although the maximum concentrations appeared at different elevations. ompared to the effect of an isolated building, the twin buildings resulted in higher concentrations in the near-wake of the downwind building.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:12/31/1993
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 43631