Wind tunnel and numerical data on the ventilation performance of windcatcher with wing wall

• Main Authors: Payam Nejat, John Kaiser Calautit, Muhd Zaimi Abd. Majid, Ben Richard Hughes, Iman Zeynali, Fatemeh Jomehzadeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Subjects: Windcatcher; Natural ventilation; CFD; Badgir
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916305790

The data presented in this article were the basis for the study reported in the research articles entitled “Evaluation of a two-sided windcatcher integrated with wing wall (as a new design) and comparison with a conventional windcatcher” (P. Nejat, J.K. Calautit, M.Z.A. Majid, B.R. Hughes, I. Zeynali, F. Jomehzadeh, 2016) [1] which presents the effect of wing wall on the air flow distribution under using the windcatchers as a natural ventilation equipment. Here, we detail the wind tunnel testing and numerical set-up used for obtaining the data on ventilation rates and indoor airflow distribution inside a test room with a two-sided windcatcher and wing wall. Three models were integrated with wing wall angled at 30°, 45° and 60° and another windcatcher was a conventional two-sided device. The computer-aided design (CAD) three-dimensional geometries which were produced using Solid Edge modeler are also included in the data article.