Prediction of personal exposure to contaminant sources in industrial buildings using a sub-zonal model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-638

  Ren, Zhengen ^a   Stewart, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COwZ; Modelling personal exposure; Numerical simulation; Sub zonal model

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VENTILATION;

CONTAMINANT SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

CONTAMINATION;

BUILDING; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EID: 9944258084     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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