Measurement and prediction of the indoor airflow in a room ventilated with a commercial wind tower

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 367-377

  Calautit, John Kaiser ^a   Hughes, Ben Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air change effectiveness; Air change rate; CFD; Indoor air quality; Mean age of air; Wind tower catcher; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

WIND TUNNELS;

AIR CHANGE RATES; AIR CHANGES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MEAN AGE OF AIR; WIND TOWERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84907150388     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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