Modelling nanoparticle transport in an animal exposure chamber: A comparison between numerical and experimental measurements

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2010, Pages 533-543

  Morency, F ^a   Halle S ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; exposure chamber; nanoparticles; passive contaminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPOSURE; CFD; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; PASSIVE CONTAMINANT; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; TURBULENCE MODELLING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOPARTICLES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 78449262120     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/AFM100461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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