The influence of evenly distributed ceiling mounted personalized ventilation devices on the indoor environment

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Yang, Bin ^a   Sekhar, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ceiling mounted personalized ventilation (PV); Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Conventional personalized ventilation; Dynamic mesh; Moving person

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

DYNAMIC MESH; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MOVING PERSON; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; SEATED OCCUPANTS;

CEILINGS;

EID: 50549099595     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2008.11683803     Document Type: Article

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