
sums of the matrix are the mean age of air in the corresponding rooms:
h
i
i¼
X
N
j ¼1
ij
ð1:38Þ
This relation enables the measurement of the room mean age of air to be made,
even in rooms where there are several outlets or several ways for the air to leave
the room.
Equations for volume flow rates
All equations above are based on mass balance, and hence include mass airflow
rates and mass concentrations. However, for practical reasons, volume flow
rates and volume concentrations are of common use. Therefore, the basic
equations should be adapted as shown below.
The mass of the tracer k in the zone i is:
m
ik
¼
ik
V
ik
¼
i
V
i
C
ik
1 C
ik
ffi
i
V
i
C
ik
¼
ik
V
i
c
ik
ð1:39Þ
since C
ik
1.
The tracer density is defined by
ik
¼ m
ik
=V
ik
where the volume, V
ik
,is
defined at atmospheric pressure, p. Using the perfect gas law for tracer k:
pV
ik
¼ RT
i
m
ik
M
k
ð1:40Þ
where R is the molar gas constant, R ¼ 8313.96 [J/(K kmole)], M
k
the molar
mass of the tracer, k, and T
i
is the absolute temperature of zone i. The density
of tracer k in zone i can be computed:
ik
¼
pM
k
RT
i
ð1:41Þ
This is also valid for the density of air, by simply omitting the suffix k and using
the average molecular weight (M ffi 29 g/mole) of the air.
Introducing this in Equations 1.23 and 1.26 gives the set of balance equa-
tions to be used when handling volumes instead of masses. Equation 1.30
becomes:
V
i
T
i
dc
ik
dt
¼
i
ik
T
k
þ
X
N
j ¼0
ðc
jk
c
ik
Þ
T
j
q
ij
ð1
ij
Þð1:42Þ
where:
T is the absolute te mperature of zone i or j, or of tracer k, depending on the
subscript;
c
ik
is the volume concentration of tracer k in zone i;
i
ik
is the volume injection rate of tracer k in zone i;
q
ij
is the volume flow rate from zone j to zone i.
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