Dispersion of air pollutants around buildings: A review of past studies and their methodologies

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-224

  Xia, Qian ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^a   Liu, Xiaoping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersion around buildings; On site measurement; Pollutant dispersion; Water tunnel; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY; WIND;

EID: 84899531649     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12464585     Document Type: Review

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