Carbon monoxide transport in an enclosed room with sources from a water heater in the adjacent balcony

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-870

  Chang, W R ^a,b   Cheng, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Poisoning; Transport; Water heater

Indexed keywords

AIR; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; HOUSES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VENTILATION; WATER HEATERS;

AIRFLOW FIELDS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; HOUSES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VENTILATION; WATER HEATERS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 37549045686     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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