Abstract:Aiming to address heat accumulation in a modular edible mushroom factory caused by high cultivation density, unreasonable airflow organization, and mushroom respiratory heat production, a CFD-based numerical method coupling biological heat sources with porous media was proposed for airflow optimization. Based on the measured respiration rate of Pholiota adiposa, an anisotropic porous-medium model with internal heat sources was established. The root mean square errors between simulated and measured temperature and air velocity were 0.32℃ and 0.08m/s, respectively, indicating good model accuracy. Using the original factory configuration as the control, three airflow organization modes were compared, and the coefficient of variation was used to evaluate temperature uniformity in the porous-medium region. Results showed that the opposite-side bottom-supply and top-return mode effectively reduced heat retention at the top, with a maximum temperature difference of 1.24℃, an average temperature of 11.5℃, and a temperature coefficient of variation of 1.6%, which were reduced by 0.46℃, 0.24℃, and 1.9 percentage points, respectively, compared with those of the original mode. Cultivation experiments further showed that, under cooling-on and cooling-off conditions, the temperature coefficients of variation of the optimized scheme were 1.64% and 2.95%, respectively, which were reduced by 0.92 and 2.85 percentage points, respectively, compared with those of the original mode, while the air velocity coefficient of variation was decreased to 37.66%, a reduction of 2.77 percentage points. The fruiting rate and maturity rate of Pholiota adiposa were increased by 0.88 and 2.80 percentage points, respectively. The results can provide a reference for airflow design and precise environmental control in edible mushroom factories.