Predicting size-resolved particle behavior in multizone buildings

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1473-1482

  Sohn, Michael D ^a   Apte, Michael G ^a   Sextro, Richard G ^a   Lai, Alvin C K ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; COMIS; ETS; Indoor; MIAQ4; Multizone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SMOKE;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; COMIS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; MIAQ4; MULTIZONE;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FLOW MODELING; FLUORIDE; INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33846541475     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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