Performance of ventilation system in a non-standard operating room

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1401-1411

  Chow, Tin Tai ^a   Yang, Xiao Yu ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airflow; CFD; Hospital operating room; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW PATTERN;

HOSPITALS;

AIRFLOW; HOSPITAL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATING SYSTEM;

EID: 0142025103     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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