Experimental study on displacement and mixing ventilation systems for a patient ward

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1175-1191

  Yin, Yonggao ^a   Xu, Weiran ^b   Gupta, Jitendra ^c   Guity, Arash ^d   Marmion, Paul ^e   Manning, Andy ^b   Gulick, Bob ^d   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stantec ^*  (United States)

^e STANTEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MIXING; VENTILATION;

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIXING VENTILATION; TRACER GAS;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

EID: 77949358308     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390885     Document Type: Article

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