Tracer gas experiment for local mean ages of air from individual supply inlets in a space with multiple inlets

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2462-2471

  Han, Hwataik ^a   Shin, Cheol Yong ^a   Lee, In Bok ^b   Kwon, Kyeong Seok ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Experiment; Livestock building; Local mean age; Multiple inlets; Tracer gas; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR INLET; AIRFLOW RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; INTERNAL POINTS; LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS; LOCAL MEAN; MULTIPLE INLETS; NONDIMENSIONAL; STEADY STATE CONCENTRATION; TIME CONSTANTS; TRACER GAS; TRACER INJECTIONS; TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION; VENTILATED SPACES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

AGRICULTURE;

EXPERIMENTS;

AIRFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER; VENTILATION;

EID: 79960929752     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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