A comparison of an underfloor air distribution system and a mixing system: Measurements and CFD simulations

HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 299-304

  Zhou, L ^a   Wan, M P ^b   Chao, C Y H ^b   Haghighat, F ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality; CFD; MS; Thermal comfort; Turbulence models; UFAD

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT CHAMBERS; MIXING SYSTEM; MIXING VENTILATION; MS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; ROOM AIR; TEMPERATURE DATA; THERMAL COMFORT EVALUATIONS; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; UFAD; UNDERFLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL COMFORT; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84871547329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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