Technologies for measuring flow rates of outdoor air into HVAC systems: Some causes and suggested cures for measurement errors

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 456-463

  Fisk, William J ^a,b   Faulkner, David ^b   Sullivan, Douglas P ^b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATES; LOUVERS; OUTDOOR AIR (OA); REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRESSURE DROP; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

HEATING;

EID: 29144491362     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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