Model validation study of carbon monoxide transport due to portable electric generator operation in an attached garage. Issue 4 (3rd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Emmerich, Steven J.; Dols, W. Stuart
• Is Part Of: Journal of building performance simulation. Volume 9:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 397
• Page End: 410
• Publication Date: 2016-07-03
• Subjects: portable electric generator -- carbon monoxide -- CONTAM -- indoor air quality -- model validation -- multizone airflow model; 690.0113
• DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2015.1066447
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1493

Abstract

Abstract : A series of tests was conducted to characterize the indoor carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations resulting from portable electric generators operating in the attached garage of a test house under various use and environmental conditions. An extensive model validation effort using the multizone airflow and indoor air quality (IAQ) model CONTAM was carried out using the data from seven tests with a generator operating in the attached garage to compare predicted CO concentrations with measured values. The agreement between the measurements and predictions of the O2 concentrations in the garage and the average CO concentration for the house zones was excellent for the data set as a whole. The agreement was somewhat worse for the garage CO concentrations. Overall, the house zone average and garage CO concentration predictions and measurements were within about 20% and 30%, respectively, when averaged over all cases.