Human body micro-environment: The benefits of controlling airflow interaction

Building and Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-77

  Melikov, Arsen K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body heat and mass exchange; Control of airflow interactions; Human micro environment; Thermal comfort and inhaled air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIRFLOW INTERACTIONS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; FREE CONVECTION FLOWS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HUMAN BODIES; MASS EXCHANGE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BODY CONDITION; HEAT FLOW; INDOOR AIR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EID: 84930182410     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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