Numerical study of Indoor Air Quality and thermal comfort under stratum ventilation

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Tian, Lin ^a   Lin, Zhang ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   Wang, Qiuwang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality in breathing zone; Numerical study; Stratum ventilation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; GAS DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR QUALITY IN BREATHING ZONE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONTAMINANT DISPERSION; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDY; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; STRATUM VENTILATION;

AIR;

EID: 56849087369     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2008.021333     Document Type: Article

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