An investigation of air inlet velocity in simulating the dispersion of indoor contaminants via computational fluid dynamics

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 701-712

  Lee, Eungyoung ^a   Feigley, Charles E ^a   Khan, Jamil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Air inlet velocity; Boundary condition; Computational fluid dynamics; Validation; Ventilation; Workroom exposure

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; IMPURITIES; PHOTOIONIZATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; AIR INTAKES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION;

AIR CONTAMINANTS;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; AIR;

ISOBUTYLENE;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKROOM AIR; AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DILUTION VENTILATION; INLET VELOCITY; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; RECTANGULAR CHAMBERS; SIMULATION ACCURACY; VALIDATION; WORKROOM EXPOSURE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036832826     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef087     Document Type: Article

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