Analysis of single side ventilated and cross ventilated rooms by varying the width of the window opening using CFD

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-5

  Visagavel, K ^a   Srinivasan, P S S ^a  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air flow rate; CFD; Opening width; Single sided ventilated rooms

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW RATE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIR VELOCITIES; BOUSSINESQ'S APPROXIMATIONS; CFD; CONSTANT PROPERTIES; CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; DIFFERENT SIZES; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; NATURAL VENTILATIONS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; OPENING WIDTH; SIMPLEC ALGORITHMS; SINGLE-SIDED VENTILATED ROOMS; VENTILATED ROOMS;

VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 57049155524     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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