Prediction of transient contaminant dispersion and ventilation performance using the concept of accessibility

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Yang, Jianrong ^a   Li, Xianting ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility of contaminant source (ACS); Accessibility of supplied air (ASA); Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Contaminant; Indoor air quality; Transient diffusion

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

INDOOR AIR QUALITY; TRANSIENT DIFFUSION;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1542742104     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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