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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2016-02-25

Journal:APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Included Journals:SCIE、EI

Volume:95

Page Number:70-78

ISSN No.:1359-4311

Key Words:Inverse modeling; Thermal boundary condition; Matrix inversion; Tikhonov regularization; Underfloor heating; CFD

Abstract:Thermal boundary conditions in commercial airliner cabins are crucial for creating a comfortable cabin environment. Cabin temperature distributions depend on the thermo-fluid boundary conditions of the boundary walls and the air supply. This paper proposed a combined inverse-forward model for designers to determine the total underfloor heating rates and the air-supply temperature in an aircraft cabin. The contribution ratio of indoor climate (CRI) is applied to describe the cause-effect relationship between the boundary wall convective heat release rates and the resulting temperature rise at certain points, which can be cast into a matrix. The solution contains three sub-models: (i) regularized inversion of the cause effect matrix with the target cabin air temperatures as the known input, which solves the convective heat rates of the underfloor heaters and the air-supply temperature, (ii) solution of underfloor heater's surface temperatures based on Newton's law of cooling, and (iii) computation of the radiative heat rates. The above model was used to determine the total underfloor heating rates and air-supply temperature in a single-aisle aircraft cabin. The design targets are to create an average temperature of 24 degrees C near the upper human body and 26 degrees C at the ankle level. An experimental test was conducted in a simplified half section of an aircraft cabin for model validation. The results show that the proposed methodology is able to provide the total underfloor heating rates and air-supply temperature in good agreement with the measurement data and forward-simulation boundary conditions. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.