On the numerical study of contaminant particle concentration in indoor airflow

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1504-1514

  Tian, Z F ^a   Tu, J Y ^a   Yeoh, G H ^b   Yuen, R K K ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CFD; Indoor contaminant particles; k turbulence models; Large eddy simulation; re normalization group (RNG)

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; IMPURITIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

INDOOR CONTAMINANT PARTICLES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RE-NORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; IMPURITIES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; PREDICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33744900375     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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