An assessment of a partial pit ventilation system to reduce emission under slatted floor - Part 2: Feasibility of CFD prediction using RANS turbulence models

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-142

  Wu, Wentao ^a   Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Bjerg, Bjarne ^b   Nielsen, Peter V ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CFD; Pit ventilation; RANS; Slatted floor; Turbulence diffusion

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; BENCHMARK DATA; CFD METHOD; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ENTIRE SYSTEM; FREE STREAM; HEADSPACES; MEASURED RESULTS; NAVIER STOKES; RANS; REMOVAL RATIOS; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SCALE MODELS; SLATTED FLOOR; TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM; TURBULENCE DIFFUSION; TURBULENT FLUX; TWO DOMAINS; UNSTEADY PHENOMENA; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POLLUTION; RATING; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION;

FLOORS;

AIRFLOW; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EDDY; EMISSION CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOOR; FLOW MODELING; INDOOR AIR; LABORATORY METHOD; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84862781640     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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