Numerical study of the effect of ventilation pattern on coarse, fine, and very fine particulate matter removal in partitioned indoor environment

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-189

  Chang, Tsang Jung ^a   Kao, Hong Ming ^a   Hsieh, Yi Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALGORITHMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; VENTILATION;

FLOW PATTERNS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW PHASES; FLOW DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; VENTILATION PATTERNS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 33947725847     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2007.10465311     Document Type: Article

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