Deriving realistic source boundary conditions for a CFD simulation of concentrations in workroom air

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 410-420

  Feigley, Charles E ^a   Do, Thanh H ^a   Khan, Jamil ^a   Lee, Emily ^a,b   Schnaufer, Nicholas D ^a   Salzberg, Deborah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary conditions; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); emission rates; exposure estimation; far field; isoamyl acetate; near field

Indexed keywords

EMISSION RATES; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; FAR FIELD; ISOAMYL ACETATE; NEAR FIELDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; IMPURITIES; TURBULENCE MODELS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ISOPENTYL ACETATE; PENTANOL;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENTANOLS;

EID: 79955044703     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq091     Document Type: Article

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