Determining the optimum spacing and arrangement for commercial wind towers for ventilation performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-287

  Calautit, John Kaiser ^a   O'Connor, Dominic ^a   Hughes, Ben Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; CO2 concentration; Contamination; Indoor air quality; Pollutant re entry; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTAMINATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

CO2 CONCENTRATION; EXHAUST AIR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT; STAGGERED ARRANGEMENT; VENTILATION PERFORMANCE; VENTILATION RATE; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

TOWERS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; SPACING; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84907145514     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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