A personal air distribution system with air terminals embedded in chair armrests on commercial airplanes

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-99

  Zhang, Tengfei Tim ^a   Li, Penghui ^a   Wang, Shugang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aircraft cabin; CFD; Displacement ventilation; Experiment; Personal ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; AIR SUPPLY; AIR SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT CABIN; BASIC PARAMETERS; BREATHING ZONES; COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COOL AIR; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; TERMINAL DEVICES; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

AIR;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; VENTILATION;

EID: 80052812412     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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