Axa 1 – Indoor Environment Quality

Adress: Facultatea de Ingineria Instalatiilor, Bulevardul Pache Protopoescu, Nr. 66, sector 2, Bucuresti, România Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Website: www.cambi.ro

Director Research Center - ILINCA NASTASE – tel [phone] [e-mail] ; [e-mail]

Axa 1 – Indoor Environment Quality – VLAD IORDACHE ; 0749218161 ; [e-mail]

Axa 2 – Building Physics and Transfer Phenomena – ANDREI DAMIAN ; 0745187582 [e-mail]

Axa 3 – Mathematical and Numerical Methods for building Physics – CAMELIA GAVRILA ; 0724684846 ; [e-mail] ;
RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL STANDS


EXPERIMENTAL APARTMENT

The experimental apartment is used for laboratory studies in the following research fields : Indoor Air Quality, Fluid Mechanics, Building Permeability, Thermal Comfort, Indoor Environment Quality, Pollutant transfer, Acoustics, …

Pollutant measurement system


Indoor Air Quality

Pollutant transfer outdoor-indoor

Indoor air quality prediction

Real building pollution level measurements

Laboratory experimentations

Factors influencing the pollutant transfer

Outdoor pollution monitoring. Pollutants: O₃, NO, NO₂, PM_0,3-20m , CO₂, VOC,

Pollutant absorption and resorption in materials

Particle Image Velocimetry


Fluid mechanics

Large scale 2D velocity fields

Passive control of jet flows and air diffusers optimization for improving mixing

Isothermal and non isothermal jet flow investigations for thermal comfort

Blower Door


Velocity measurements for different kind of applications (bio-dynamics, rheology, aerodynamics, …)

Vortex dynamics investigations

Building Permeability

Average permeability

Air leakage detection for old buildings

Permeability measurements in high-pressure and low-pressure conditions

Air tightness measurements for rooms and apartments and large buildings

Thermal human model


Thermal Comfort

Laboratory made thermal manikin

Thermal comfort measurements

Experimental validation of numerical models using a realistic thermal plume

Indoor Environnement Quality

Thermal comfort – operative temperature.

Acoustic comfort – sound pressure level.

Visual comfort - luminance level. Indoor air quality – air changes per hour.

IEQ prediction as a function of all comfort fields – monthly variation.

Mathematical modeling for IEQ prediction - tool for architects and engineers.

Correlation between IEQ and Energy Consumption.


Generators O₂ si O₃



IR Thermography FLIR



PM measurement GRIMM



Sonometer 2250 B&K


Other measurement devices and software for experimental research


Pillar Weather Data

Data Acquisition



PROBES AND SOFTWARE:

• 
  PROBES for the measurement of temperature, humidity, air draft speed, thermocouples, pollutants measurements,
  

• 
  SOFTWARE, COMSOL, ANSYS Fluent, ENVIDAS, MS Office 2010, Windows 7, TRNSYS 16, LABView,
  

Other fields of research :

* Acoustical studies for building services and equipments. Occupants noise protection. Acoustical technical expertise.

* Thermo energetic studies for high complexity buildings

* Mathematical modeling of water quality in pipe distribution network.

* District heating system research studies.
Research Projects (over 20 projects in national research project competitions)

1. 
   PNII IDEI 57/2007 Sistem de predictie a poluarii mediului interior corelat cu nivelul de poluare de la exterior. Persoana contact IORDACHE VLAD http://instalatii.utcb.ro/site/cercetare.htm
   
2. 
   PNII RP 2008 Dispozitivce terminale inovante de refulare a aerului pentru climatizare Persoana contact NASTASE ILINCA http://instalatii.utcb.ro/site/proiectecoordonare/Ilinca/site%20proiect%20nastase.htm
   
3. 
   PNII RP 2010 Evaluarea prin modele de regresie a consumului de energie in cladiri si integrarea sistemelor energii regenerabile … Contact CATALINA TIBERIU 0763915461 [e-mail] ; http://instalatii.utcb.ro/site/siteprog/CNCSIS_main.htm
   
4. 
   PR NAT CERCETARE FONDURI DE CONTRAPARTIDA ELVETIAN Implicatiile reabilitarii termice asupra reglajului termic al instalatiilor de incalzire … Persoana contact IORDACHE FLORIN [e-mail] ; http://instal.utcb.ro/wellcome.htm
   
5. 
   PR. NAT. FRANCEZ RETEA PRIMEQUAL PREDIT Exposition des enfants a la pollution atmospherique en milieu scolaire. Outils de pred. et protect. Persoana contact IORDACHE VLAD
   

Published papers in ISI Journals (over 20 papers in ISI Web of Knowledge)

1. 
   Nastase Ilinca; Meslem Amina; Vlad Iordache; et al., Lobed grilles for high mixing ventilation An experimental analysis in a full scale model room BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT  Volume: 46   Issue: 3   Pages: 547-555 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.08.008
   
2. 
   Iordache Vlad; Nastase Ilinca; Damian Andrei; et al., Average permeability measurements for an individual dwelling in Romania BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT  Volume: 46   Issue: 5   Pages: 1115-1124   DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.012   
   
3. 
   Nastase Ilinca; Meslem Amina Vortex dynamics and mass entrainment in turbulent lobed jets with and without lobe deflection angles EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS  Volume: 48   Issue: 4   Pages: 693-714   DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0762-y   
   
4. 
   Blondeau P; Iordache V; Poupard O; et al. Relationship between outdoor and indoor air quality in eight French schools INDOOR AIR  Volume: 15   Issue: 1   Pages: 2-12   DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00263.x   
   
5. 
   Catalina Tiberiu; Virgone Joseph; Blanco Eric Multi-source energy systems analysis using a multi-criteria decision aid methodology RENEWABLE ENERGY  Volume: 36   Issue: 8   Pages: 2245-2252   DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.01.011   
   

Researchers ID Nastase Ilinca C-3377-2011; Catalina Tiberiu C-4494-2011; Iordache Vlad C-5203-2011

Partners

Research: LEPTIAB : Laboratoire Universite de La Rochelle, FR, CETHIL – Centre thermique de Lyon, INSA Lyon, FR, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS DEPARTMENT, Royal Military Academy, Bruxelles, Belgium, ICIEE - International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Danish Technical University, Copenhagen, DK

Industrial Partners: CIAT, Alstom, ENVIRONMENT, RSI Electro, Micronix