Yunwei Zhang, Zhaolin Gu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Chuck Wah Yu School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Received:
September 4, 2017
Revised:
December 14, 2017
Accepted:
January 18, 2018
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Zhang, Y., Gu, Z. and Yu, C.W. (2018). Review on Numerical Simulation of Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Street Canyons under Natural Background Wind Condition. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 18: 780-789. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2017.09.0303
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ABSTRACT
Observation data show that natural wind has a characteristic of regular time-variation in speed and direction. However, the time-varying inflow conditions are usually simplified as a constant wind profile in simulations on airflow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons and/or building cluster. The study on characteristics of urban canopy layer (UCL) flow under time-varying inflow conditions should be further contribute to the understanding of pollutant and energy transport processes in the urban atmospheric environment. In the current work, typical studies on air flow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons and building array are reviewed. The time-varying upstream inflows could commonly enhance the transportation of pollutant and energy in actual UCL. Studies have revealed that the variation of natural inflow conditions could be one of the primary factors that influencing the transport efficiency of pollutant in urban street canyons. Perspectives on methods in performing the time-varying inflow conditions are provided as well. Gradual and/or stepped variation of wind data would be expected in numerical simulations.
Keywords:
Pollutant dispersion; Natural wind condition; Urban street canyon; Gusty wind; Time-varying inflow.
