Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment

Building and Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-147

  Horikiri, Kana ^a   Yao, Yufeng ^b   Yao, Jun ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Conjugate heat transfer; Indoor environment; Natural and forced convection; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL COMFORT;

CONDUCTIVITY VARIATION; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; NATURAL AND FORCED CONVECTIONS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENTILATION;

EID: 84899021043     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.027     Document Type: Article

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