Analysis on the well-mixing assumptions used in multizone airflow network models

IBPSA 2007 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1485-1490

  Wang, Liangzhu ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Indoor air quality; Multizone airflow models

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW MODEL; ARCHIMEDES NUMBER; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; HEAT SOURCES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MULTIZONE; NETWORK MODELS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERRORS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

MIXING;

EID: 84869828352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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