Studies of air-flow and temperature fields inside a passenger compartment for improving thermal comfort and saving energy. Part I: Test/numerical model and validation

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2022-2027

  Zhang, Huajun ^a   Dai, Lan ^a   Xu, Guoquan ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^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; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SIMULATION; GLASS INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TESTING; THERMAL COMFORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR TEMPERATURES; AIR-FLOW FIELD; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS; SAVING ENERGIES; SIMULATE-3; STEADY MODELS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TEST CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 62849126564     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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