Computational analysis of reduced-mixing personal ventilation jets

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1559-1567

  Russo, Jackie S ^a   Dang, Thong Q ^a   Khalifa, H Ezzat ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Personalized ventilation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOORS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; JETS; NOZZLES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

BODY TEMPERATURES; BREATHING ZONES; CFD MODELS; CO FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; FRESH AIRS; JET TEMPERATURES; LENGTH-SCALE; NOZZLE EXITS; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; PV SYSTEMS; THERMAL MANIKINS; TRACER GAS; TURBULENCE INTENSITIES;

VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JET; MODEL VALIDATION; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 61749085922     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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