Evaluation of RNG κ-ε and LES non-isothermal models for indoor airflow using PIV measurement data

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 621-631

  Sun, Huawei ^a   Zhao, Lingying ^a   Zhang, Yuanhui ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow distribution; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Indoor air quality; Particle image velocimetry; PIV; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW ANALYSIS; AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ISOTHERMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; ISOTHERM; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34347228175     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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