LoginThe results of a passive room dehumidifying system using an existing attic space as a chamber, wood as a desiccant material, and optimized ventilation and solar energy for system operation, are reported in that paper.
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The electrical energy needed for ventilation fans and air handling units (AHU) plays an increasing role in the energy demand for buildings.
The level of indoor bacteria can be used as a referent to identify the performance of an HVAC system. For that study, a statistical model is proposed for the obtention of the office probable failure rate over a region.
That study was performed in the Chinese Hunan University. During one month, thermal comfort was measured in 25 naturally ventilated classrooms equipped with ceiling fans.
For that study, the mass of indoor air particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) in five elementary schools in Istambul has been determined along with its elemental concentration. The results and conclusions are presented.
The aim of that study was to monitor the indoor air of two public libraries in Sao Paulo to measure the particulates matters (PM10 and PM2.5).
The main objective of that study was to determine to which extent Indoor Air Pollution from cooking represent a serious problem that need household energy intervention.
An epistemic approach for assessing an acceptable office IAQ against certain indoor air pollutant exposure limits is proposed for that study.
For that study, during nine 2-week periods, fine particles (PM 2.5) were sampled indoors and outdoors at 40 sampling sites located in Stockholm. The samples were analysed for elemental concentrations using X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.
The aim of that study was to compare the aerial contaminants concentrations between the levels of ventilation rate on the one hand and to determine the variation pattern of aerial contaminants affected by the ventilation rate.
For that study a full-scale model of an aircraft cabin section inside a climate chamber has been investigated.
The aim of this paper was to characterize selected IAQ parameters in a mid-size school district, then to assess the variability in polllutant levels between and within schools and to link pollutants to classroom activities, ventilation rates, and
Few studies have been published on comparison of allergen levels in schools in different parts of the world.
This paper presents laboratory-measured performance of seven relatively new and large fan-filter units (FFUs). Their performance is compared to the one of smaller FFUs.
For that investigation, the authors focused on moisture modeling. A new model is described, it is based on a CFD tool enhanced to include both detailed modeling of airflows in rooms and heat and moisture transfer in walls.
Overview and literature survey of natural and forced convection in attic insulation | 2007 | English
This study focuses on the onset of natural convection in the insulation, on the one hand , and discusses the influence of forced convection on the other hand.
The part-load dehumidification performances of three temperature control strategies (chilled water flow control, bypass air control, and variable air volume control) are compared in that paper.
In order to help the engineers to have a good idea of the rate of return of variable-air-volume system in different areas of China , an evaluation program has been established by the authors : specific energy models of the primary equipments in HV
The comparison of consumption of heating and of cooling in a building with or without double-skin when the heating and cooling natural strategies are or are not used, according to the level of insulation and to the orientation of the double-skin,
The effect of a cool-coating on the thermal effectiveness of exposed exterior ducts | 2007 | English
For that study, supply air temperatures were measured in three duct systems, at the inlet of the duct and close to the point of delivery into the conditioned space with the aim of investigating the effect of increasing the solar reflectance of a