CFD simulation of contaminant decay for high reynolds flow in a controlled environment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-99

  Lambert, Andrew R ^a   Lin, Ching Long ^a   Mardorf, Eunice ^b   O'Shaughnessy, Patrick ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Computational fluid dynamics; Contaminant transport; Indoor air quality; Reynolds number; Species decay

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; HIGH-FLOW RATE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INLET DUCTS; INLET VELOCITY PROFILE; INSTANTANEOUS MIXING; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; REYNOLDS;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INLET FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINETICS; MICROCLIMATE; STATISTICS; TIME;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION;

EID: 77249134632     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep057     Document Type: Article

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