Technical dimensioning of a vertically upwards-blowing air curtain - Part II

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 697-705

  Sirén, Kai ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air curtains; Buildings; Dimensioning; Thermal efficiency; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEAT LOSSES; JETS; MOISTURE; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

JET MOMENTUM FLUX;

AIR CURTAINS;

EID: 0038237580     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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