[BLDG-SIM] "Chimney Effect" modeling, have any ideas

["Spurlock, R. Bruce" <RBSPURLO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We have been working with Marriott on modeling the HVAC and ventilation at
> the Marriott Marquis downtown.  
> We had a presentation  to Marriott, which went very well.... but we told
> them we did not have a good way to model the atrium (this is the one with
> a 50 floor atrium downtown.)  They said have several similar hotels (in
> particular one in New York City almost exactly like the Atlanta hotel.)
> 
> It seemed to me that this is somewhat similar to cooling towers and
> smokestack chimney effect problems.... is there some software or expertise
> out there that would help us on this?  
> This is not a crisis, but it would be nice to know if there was a good way
> to estimate these effects.
> 
> In general, they try to plug any holes at the top to minimize the effect,
> but it still occurs.
> 
> Bruce Spurlock


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