Preliminary study of the performance and operating characteristics of a mop-fan air cleaning system for buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3241-3252

  Riffat, S B ^a   Zhao, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Impeller; Light photon; Mop; Photocatalyst; Reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FANS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; KINETIC THEORY;

MOP-FAN AIR CLEANING SYSTEM; STATIC EFFICIENCY; VOLUME FLOW COEFFICIENT;

AIR CLEANERS;

AIR CLEANERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FANS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; KINETIC THEORY;

AIRFLOW; BUILDING; CLEANUP; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 34147135567     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.038     Document Type: Article

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