Flow impact of an air conditioner to portable air cleaning

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2047-2056

  Xu, Linxiao ^b   Takaoka, Daizo ^b  

^a Tim)   (China)

^b Sanyo Electric (China) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Air purification; CFD; Contaminant distribution; Flow interaction; Measurement; Portable air cleaner

Indexed keywords

AIR CIRCULATION; AIR CLEANING; AIR CONDITIONERS; CFD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CONDITIONING UNITS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTION; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; PERFORMANCE DATA; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT SOURCES; RUNNING MODE; SIMULATION RESULT;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION;

AIR PURIFICATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

EID: 77952583049     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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