A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment
This paper introduces a comparison study of measuring the airtightness of a house sized test chamber using the novel pulse technique and the standard blower door method in a controlled environment. Eight different testing plates have been applied to the improvised envelope of the chamber to establis...
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| author | Zheng, Xiaofeng Cooper, Edward Mazzon, Joe Wallis, Ian Wood, Christopher J. |
| author_facet | Zheng, Xiaofeng Cooper, Edward Mazzon, Joe Wallis, Ian Wood, Christopher J. |
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| description | This paper introduces a comparison study of measuring the airtightness of a house sized test chamber using the novel pulse technique and the standard blower door method in a controlled environment. Eight different testing plates have been applied to the improvised envelope of the chamber to establish different leakage characteristics. Each testing plate has a unique opening in the centre of the plate, achieved by obtaining a different combination of shape and thickness of the opening. By using the controlled environment, the vagaries of the natural condition when testing within buildings have been reduced providing a more robust testing environment. This investigation focuses on how the air leakage rate calculated from the measurements made by both techniques compare with each other. Comparable results (within 3 %) under most scenarios have been obtained. Additionally, other aspects such as usability of the equipment used for the pulse testing have also been appraised. |
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| spelling | nottingham-480772020-05-04T19:06:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48077/ A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment Zheng, Xiaofeng Cooper, Edward Mazzon, Joe Wallis, Ian Wood, Christopher J. This paper introduces a comparison study of measuring the airtightness of a house sized test chamber using the novel pulse technique and the standard blower door method in a controlled environment. Eight different testing plates have been applied to the improvised envelope of the chamber to establish different leakage characteristics. Each testing plate has a unique opening in the centre of the plate, achieved by obtaining a different combination of shape and thickness of the opening. By using the controlled environment, the vagaries of the natural condition when testing within buildings have been reduced providing a more robust testing environment. This investigation focuses on how the air leakage rate calculated from the measurements made by both techniques compare with each other. Comparable results (within 3 %) under most scenarios have been obtained. Additionally, other aspects such as usability of the equipment used for the pulse testing have also been appraised. 2017-09-13 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Zheng, Xiaofeng, Cooper, Edward, Mazzon, Joe, Wallis, Ian and Wood, Christopher J. (2017) A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment. In: 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent & 4th venticool Conference, 2017 (AIVC 2017), 13-14 Sept, Nottingham, UK. Building airtightness Blower door PULSE unit Controlled environment |
| spellingShingle | Building airtightness Blower door PULSE unit Controlled environment Zheng, Xiaofeng Cooper, Edward Mazzon, Joe Wallis, Ian Wood, Christopher J. A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title | A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title_full | A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title_fullStr | A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title_short | A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| title_sort | comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment |
| topic | Building airtightness Blower door PULSE unit Controlled environment |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48077/ |