Modelling the effect of an occupant on displacement ventilation with computational fluid dynamics

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-264

  Deevy, M ^a   Sinai, Y ^b   Everitt, P ^b   Voigt, L ^b   Gobeau, N ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; DES; Displacement ventilation; Occupant influence; Thermal radiation; Turbulence modelling; URANS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION;

DETACHED EDDY SIMULATION (DES); DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; POTENTIAL ERRORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 37449015319     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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