Impact of individually controlled facially applied air movement on perceived air quality at high humidity

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2170-2176

  Skwarczynski, M A ^a,b   Melikov, A K ^b   Kaczmarczyk, J ^c   Lyubenova, V ^b  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air movement; Humidity; Perceived air quality; Personalized ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH HUMIDITY; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROOM AIR;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; VENTILATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR AIR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 77953543883     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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