Novel personalized and humidified air supply for airliner passengers

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2345-2353

  Zitek P ^a   Vyhlidal T ^a   Simeunovic G ^a   Novakova L ^a   Cizek J ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air distribution; Aircraft cabin; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Particle Image Velocimetry; Personalized air distribution system; Relative humidity control

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION; AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT CABIN; AIRCRAFT CABINS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AIRCRAFT SEATS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 77954216971     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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