Improvement of natural ventilation in a large factory building using a louver ventilator

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2132-2141

  Kang, Jong Hoon ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Factory building; Louver ventilator; Natural ventilation; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INDUCTION MOTORS; TROPOSPHERE; VENTILATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING MODELLING; ENTRAINED AIR; FACTORY BUILDING; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOUVER VENTILATOR; NATURAL VENTILATION; OUTDOOR AIR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUES; STAGNANT FLOW; VENTILATION FLOW; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING; WORKING ENVIRONMENTS;

BUILDINGS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 49349100985     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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