Modeling the effects of outdoor gasoline powered generator use on indoor carbon monoxide exposures

Building Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Wang, Liangzhu ^a   Emmerich, Steven J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon monoxide; computational fluid dynamics; generator; generator safe operating distance; indoor air quality; multizone airflow model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960133475     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-010-0308-5     Document Type: Article

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