Turbulent transport of airborne pollutants in a residential room with a novel air conditioning unit

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1455-1472

  Liu, Di ^a   Zhao, Fu Yun ^a,b   Wang, Han Qing ^a   Rank, Ernst ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Airborne pollutants; Asymptotical solutions; Heat recovery

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR ENVIRONMENT; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; CONDITIONING UNITS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FRESH AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR HEATING; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROOM AIR; THERMAL BUOYANCY; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

POLLUTION;

EID: 84862519649     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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