Computational formulation for the evaluation of street canyon ventilation and pollutant removal performance

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 9041-9051

  Cheng, W C ^a   Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); K Turbulence model; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXED CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STORM SEWERS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION; VORTEX FLOW; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; COMPUTATIONAL FORMULATIONS; CONSERVATION LAWS; DISCRETIZATIONS; EXCHANGE RATES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT FLUXES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL PERFORMANCES; POLLUTANT REMOVALS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORTS; RENORMALIZATION GROUPS; RETENTION TIMES; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STREET CANYON; STREET CANYONS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; VERTICAL WINDS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCURACY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 56249095132     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.045     Document Type: Article

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