Performance evaluation and design guidelines for stratum ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2267-2279

  Lin, Zhang ^a   Yao, Ting ^a   Chow, T T ^a   Fong, K F ^a   Chan, L S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air distribution performance index (ADPI); Design guidelines; Effective draft temperature for stratum ventilation (EDTS); Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

AIR DISTRIBUTION; AIR DISTRIBUTION PERFORMANCE; HORIZONTAL AIRFLOWS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; SPACE OCCUPATION; STRATUM VENTILATION; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS;

AIR;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CODE; GUIDELINE; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 79959922321     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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