Three-dimensional effects of an air curtain used to restrict cold room infiltration

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1109-1123

  Foster, A M ^a   Swain, M J ^a   Barrett, R ^a   D'Agaro, P ^b   Ketteringham, L P ^a   James, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air curtain; Cold store; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Entrance; Modelling; Turbulent jet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR CURTAIN DEVICE; COLD ROOM INFILTRATION; COLD STORE; JET VELOCITIES; TURBULENT JET;

AIR CURTAINS;

AIR CURTAINS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33846308128     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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