Large eddy simulation of pollutant gas dispersion with buoyancy ejected from building into an urban street canyon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 940-948

  Hu, L H ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Zhu, W ^b   Wu, L ^a   Tang, F ^a   Lu, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Beijing Research Center of Urban Systems Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Building fire explosion; Combustion pollutant; Critical re entrainment velocity; Froude number; Large eddy simulation; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

BUILDING FIRE EXPLOSION; COMBUSTION POLLUTANT; LARGE EDDY; RE-ENTRAINMENT; STREET CANYON;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISPERSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FROUDE NUMBER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTION; SOOT;

BUOYANCY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; BUOYANCY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; DISPERSION; FLOW PATTERN; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SMOKE; SOOT; STREET CANYON; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SIMULATION; SMOKE; SOOT; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FIRES; GASES; GRAVITATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 80052026659     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.063     Document Type: Article

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