An investigation of air inlet types in mixing ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1089-1098

  Lee, Eungyoung ^a   Khan, Jamil A ^b   Feigley, Charles E ^a   Ahmed, Mallik R ^c   Hussey, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c Charbroil   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceiling diffuser air inlet; Contaminant concentration; Efficient room configuration; Mixing ventilation; Real time monitoring data; Wall jet air inlet

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW PATTERNS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; JETS;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION; MIXING VENTILATION; PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR; WALL JET AIR INLET;

VENTILATION;

CEILINGS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW PATTERNS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; JETS; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; MONITORING; POLLUTANT; REAL TIME; VENTILATION;

EID: 33751304473     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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