Investigation of air quality, comfort parameters and effectiveness for two floor-level air supply systems in classrooms

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 647-655

  Karimipanah, T ^a,b,c   Awbi, H B ^b   Sandberg, M ^c   Blomqvist, C ^c  

^a Fresh AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air distribution index; CFD; Displacement system; Full scale measurements; School ventilation; Ventilation effectiveness; Wall confluent jets system

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VENTILATION;

AIR DISTRIBUTION INDEX; CLASSROOMS; DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM; FULL-SCALE MEASUREMENTS; SCHOOL VENTILATION; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS; WALL CONFLUENT JETS SYSTEM;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; JET; VENTILATION;

EID: 33748939765     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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