Conference Editor

Jianshun Zhang; Edward Bogucz; Cliff Davidson; Elizabeth Krietmeyer

Keywords:

CFD, transpirative cooling, shading, vegetation, UHI

Location

Syracuse, NY

Event Website

http://ibpc2018.org/

Start Date

25-9-2018 10:30 AM

End Date

25-9-2018 12:00 PM

Description

Vegetation in cities provides natural cooling of the climate and is therefore increasingly integrated as an essential part of Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation strategies. In the present study, the influence of trees on the local climate in a street canyon is studied using an integrated vegetation model in OpenFOAM. Vegetation is modeled as porous medium providing the necessary source terms for the heat, mass and momentum fluxes. Additionally, a radiation model is developed to model the short-wave and long-wave radiative heat flux exchanges between vegetation and the surroundings. The study investigates the influence of transpirative and shaded cooling due to vegetation on the pedestrian comfort inside a street canyon. The study shows that both shading and transpiration have a direct positive influence on the temperatures measured in the street canyon. Moreover, the cooling due to shading is seen to be larger than the transpirative cooling, especially under the tree.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.14305/ibpc.2018.gb-2.03

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Sep 25th, 10:30 AM Sep 25th, 12:00 PM

Integrated vegetation model for studying the cooling potential of trees in urban street canyons

Syracuse, NY

Vegetation in cities provides natural cooling of the climate and is therefore increasingly integrated as an essential part of Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation strategies. In the present study, the influence of trees on the local climate in a street canyon is studied using an integrated vegetation model in OpenFOAM. Vegetation is modeled as porous medium providing the necessary source terms for the heat, mass and momentum fluxes. Additionally, a radiation model is developed to model the short-wave and long-wave radiative heat flux exchanges between vegetation and the surroundings. The study investigates the influence of transpirative and shaded cooling due to vegetation on the pedestrian comfort inside a street canyon. The study shows that both shading and transpiration have a direct positive influence on the temperatures measured in the street canyon. Moreover, the cooling due to shading is seen to be larger than the transpirative cooling, especially under the tree.

https://surface.syr.edu/ibpc/2018/GB2/3

 

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