Heat and Moisture Transport with Mold Growth Prediction
Application ID: 75741
This tutorial demonstrates how to use the temperature and relative humidity computed from a heat and moisture transport simulation of an insulated roof as inputs for a mold prediction model. The VTT model for mold growth and decline prediction calculates a mold index M by solving an ordinary differential equation (ODE), where the growth and decline rates depend on the time-dependent temperature and relative humidity within the building material.
A more detailed description of the physical phenomena and modeling approach is provided in the blog post Verifying a HAMSTAD Benchmark for an Insulated Roof Model.
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- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- either the Heat Transfer Module, or Porous Media Flow Module
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