Air quality in rooms conditioned by chilled ceiling and mixed displacement ventilation for energy saving

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2684-2695

  Chakroun, W ^a   Ghali, K ^b   Ghaddar, N ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chilled ceiling displacement ventilation; Contaminant transport in plumes; Indoor air quality with mixed return air

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

BREATHING ZONES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT MODELING; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; MODEL PREDICTION; RETURN AIRS; STEADY-STATE TRANSPORT; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 80053320873     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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