Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) application in the measurement of indoor air distribution by an active chilled beam

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1932-1940

  Cao, Guangyu ^a,b   Sivukari, Markku ^a   Kurnitski, Jarek ^a   Ruponen, Mika ^c   Seppänen, Olli ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Halton Oy ^*  (Finland)

^d REHVA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attached plane jet; Particle image velocimetry; Reynolds number; Turbulent flow; Vector field; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW FIELDS; AIR JET; AMBIENT AIR; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; JET VELOCITIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PLANE JET; SHORT DISTANCES; SPREADING ANGLE; TURBULENT AIR FLOW; VISUALISATION; VOLUME FLOW RATE; VORTEX MIXING;

AIR; AIR ENTRAINMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INNOVATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INDOOR AIR; INNOVATION; JET; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77952581122     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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