Performance of large fan-filter units for cleanroom applications

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2299-2304

  Xu, Tengfang ^a   Lan, Chao Ho ^b   Jeng, Ming Shan ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airflow; Cleanroom; Energy efficiency; Energy performance index (EPI); Fan filter unit (FFU); Total pressure efficiency (TPE)

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FANS;

ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDEX (EPI); FAN-FILTER UNITS (FFUS); TOTAL PRESSURE EFFICIENCY (TPE);

CLEAN ROOMS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; CLEAN ROOMS; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FANS;

AIRFLOW; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33847195028     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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