LoginThe influence of three airflows (constant airflow, simulated natural airflow and sinusoidal airflow) on thermal comfort was studied in this paper.Their different fluctuation characteristics were used to conduct experiments on human thermal respons
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This paper presents a simple and indirect method to consider the influence of persons' movements on contaminant transport in an operating room. The movements have been modeled by CFD.
Nine patients and 34 buildings (homes, various shops, offices, a library, hospital departments and sport centers) were included in that study.
For that study, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was made : It concerned 2031 occupants of 11 naturally ventilated and 11 mechanically ventilated office buildings.The results of that questionnaire showed a strong need for improving IAQ, t
This paper describes the case of the Ecole du Tournant in the province of Quebec. This school is greenhouse gas free and is 80 % more energy efficient than a similar school built according to the Model National Energy Code for Building (MNECB).
A high school of The Blue Valley School District located in Kansas city had a history of complaints about poor IAQ that was not conducive to learning. A study was carried out to provide a superior IAQ and to reduce annual utility costs.
This paper advises the use of Standard 62 IAQ procedure to calculate the required outside air with air-cleaning systems to clean gasses, vapors and to improve the removal of particulates.
This paper sums up how to use CO2-Based DCV with standard 62.1-2004 from a theoretical standpoint.
In this paper the performance of a computer simulation code for modeling direct evaporative cooling by water spray vaporization is evaluated.
Many of the dedicated outdoor air systems designed and installed today are suboptimal. The aim of this paper is to discuss the ways to optimize their design in order to lower both their installed cost and energy use.
For that study , an indoor contaminant behavior prediction method has been developed. The contaminant model has been integrated within the whole building simulation environment ESP-r, then validation studies were conducted.
A methodology for studying HVAC filter loading and subsequent microorganism removal is presented in this paper.
The severe summer climate, the actual trends in building design (imported from northernlatitudes) and the rising living standard in Mediterranean countries have promoted a massive andunnecessary use of air conditioning systems.
Airflow characteristics in the air-conditioned surgical operating theatres play an importantrole to obtain comfort and hygiene conditions.
A high quality indoor environment, essential for occupant’s health, comfort and productivity, is the need of the present world. Room air simulations are being carried out to predict the airflow inside the room.
The present study treats a way to realize a local ventilation installation that collects the airlet out by a flat source.
The energy performance of a building is closely related to the expected or achieved indoorenvironmental quality.
This paper analyzes the existing ventilation flow pattern in a hospital room with two beds.The room is divided by curtains and partition walls, which has advantages for its use and medicalassistance, but is an important obstacle as far as ventilat
Airflow characteristics in ventilated and air-conditioned spaces play an important role toattain comfort and hygiene conditions.
Abstract Buildings equipped with state of the art heating/cooling systems and their energeticoptimization require air and radiation temperature value pairs set by controls so, that the value pairsfall within a range considered as comfortable.