Survey of tracer gas techniques for estimation airflow and effective volumes in single and multizone buildings.

摘要

This paper briefly describes the development of tracer gas techniques. These techniques were introduced over 50 years ago and have evolved into a number of distinct methods. These methods are often tailored to a specific application or to obtain particular information about the flow and volume system. Single-zone techniques are utilized when the structure or zone is relatively well-mixed and can be characterized by a single concentration measurement. Areas or rooms within a single-family residence can sometimes be closely approximated as one well-mixed zone. Multizone techniques are required when the building is composed of two or more zones which communicate with one another through interzonal airflows. Commercial office buildings are usually multizone systems. This paper focuses on single and multiple gas tracer techniques. Traditionally, multizone systems have been analyzed by using a different tracer for each zone. These techniques require equipment capable of accurately injecting and detecting each of the tracers which can be cumbersome in large order systems. Recently, a number of methods have been proposed which use a single tracer gas to estimate flow and effective volumes in multizone systems. 24 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.