由于自然通风是一种可持续的方法，可以为生物有机体的许多应用提供合适的环境，因此这项技术越来越受到关注。自然通风的一个主要缺点是无法测量和控制建筑物的实际通风率，这对于控制室内空气条件、能源使用和监测气体排放至关重要。在本文中，提出了一种新的传感器概念，它有可能测量自然通风建筑的通风率。该传感器由32个声学执行器组成，通过积分算法捕捉通风部分或通风开口中的整体速度分布。在200至1000 m3/h范围内，测量了自然通风的典型不均匀和低通风率，总体测量误差为8%。 单位:SICitation:ASHRAE Transactions，第113卷，pt。2

Since natural ventilation is a sustainable approach to provide an appropriate environment in many applications with biological organisms, this technique is gaining more interest. A major drawback of natural ventilation is the inability to measure and control the actual ventilation rate through a building, which is crucial to control indoor air conditions, for energy use, and for monitoring of gaseous emissions.In this article, a new sensor concept is presented that has the potential to measure ventilation rates of naturally ventilated buildings. The sensor consists of 32 acoustical actuators that capture the overall velocity profile in a ventilated section or ventilation opening by using an integration algorithm. Typical nonuniform and low ventilation rates for natural ventilation were measured with an overall measurement error of 8% in the range from 200 to 1000 m3/h.Units: SI