Ventilation measurements in houses and the influence of wall ventilators

✍ Scribed by J.S. Howard

• Book ID: 102989815
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1966
• Weight: 602 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-3628
• DOI: 10.1016/0007-3628(66)90026-0

✦ Synopsis

A total of 390 measurements of ventilation rates has been made in seven closed rooms of six houses, using nitrous oxide as the tracer gas. The houses are located in outer suburbs of Melbourne. Half of the observations were taken when the wall ventilators were sealed, in order to explore the influence of the latter on room ventilation. Results for each room, grouped in ranges of wind direction and according to whether ventilators were open or closed, are shown as regression curves on plots of ventilation rate against wind speed. The ventilators are shown to have only a slight and not significantly useful effect on ventilation. Details are given of the apparatus and experimental techniques employed in the investigation.