Thermal comfort and energy performance of a low-mixing ceiling-mounted personalized ventilator system

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-136

  Makhoul, A ^a   Ghali, K ^a   Ghaddar, N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Localized ventilation; Personalized ventilation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; BIO-HEAT; BODY PARTS; CFD MODELS; CLEAN AIR; COAXIAL NOZZLES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FRESH AIR; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MIXING SYSTEM; NOZZLE SUPPLY; NUMERICAL VALUES; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; ROOM AIR; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; VENTILATOR SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR ENTRAINMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MIXING; NOZZLES; VENTILATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTRAINMENT; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 84871161929     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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