Studies of air-flow and temperature fields inside a passenger compartment for improving thermal comfort and saving energy. Part II: Simulation results and discussion

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2028-2036

  Zhang, Huajun ^a   Dai, Lan ^a   Xu, Guoquan ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Tao, Wenquan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air flow field; Automobile air conditioner; Environment simulation test; Numerical simulation; Temperature field; Thermal comfort (amenity)

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; FLOW FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL INSULATION;

AIR-FLOW FIELD; COOLING LOADS; ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW CIRCULATIONS; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INLET AIRS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS; SAVING ENERGIES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TRANSMISSIVITY; VEHICLE BODIES; VEHICLE SPEED; VOLUME FLOW RATES;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 62849122417     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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