Numerical analysis for evaluating the "Exposure Reduction Effectiveness" of room air cleaners

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1984-1992

  Gao, Zhi ^a   Zhang, J S ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cleaners; CADR; Exposure Reduction Effectiveness (ERE); Particles; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANING; BREATHING ZONES; CADR; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EULERIAN MODELS; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; LOCAL ZONES; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROOM AIR; SIMULATION RESULT; SOURCE REDUCTION; SPECIES TRANSPORT;

AIR; CLEANING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOG; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR CLEANERS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 77952581479     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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