Simulations of ozone distributions in an aircraft cabin using computational fluid dynamics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 348-357

  Rai, Aakash C ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aircraft cabin; Breathing zone; CFD; Ozone; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BREATHING ZONES; CFD MODELS; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE DISTRIBUTION; OZONE REMOVAL; RETENTION RATIO; T-SHIRTS;

AIR QUALITY; BYPRODUCTS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 84860530650     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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