Natural ventilation efficiency in a bedroom with a central-pivoting window

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-172

  Chou, Po Cheng ^a   Chiang, Che Ming ^b   Li, Yen Yi ^a   Lee, Chia Yen ^c   Chang, Kuei Feng ^d  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air change rate (ACH); Air exchange rate (AEE); Carbon dioxide; Center pivoting window; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Natural ventilation; Ventilation efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SIMULATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 40549120112     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08089621     Document Type: Article

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