Modeling the performance of personalized ventilation under different conditions of room air and personalized air

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-602

  Gao, Naiping ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPUTATIONAL THERMAL MANIKIN; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

VENTILATION;

EID: 27144458145     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2005.10391156     Document Type: Article

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