Validation of a coupled multizone-CFD program for building airflow and contaminant transport simulations

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-281

  Wang, Liangzhu ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTAMINATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR MOMENTUM EFFECTS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIZONE AIRFLOW NETWORK MODELS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

EID: 34247544296     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2007.10390954     Document Type: Article

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