Minimization of resistance in pleated-media air filter designs: Empirical and cfd approaches

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Tronville, Paolo ^a   Sala, Riccardo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MATEC Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE;

REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS (RSM);

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 0038342174     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2003.10391058     Document Type: Article

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