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The 20th AIVC and Indoor Air 99 Conference, Ventilation and indoor air quality in buildings, was held in Edinburgh , Scotland, 9-13 August 1999.

Contains 141 papers

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Experimental and numerical investigation on temperature and air velocity distribution in a room equipped with split-system air conditioner.

Split-system air conditioning is increasingly usedapplications, owing to its low cost and installationboth for residential and commercialease. The indoor…

De Carli M, Peron F, Zecchin R
Simulation of indoor air quality in an office building floor: a first case study.

In order to evaluate the impact on indoor air quality of different installation and ventilation strategies, the modelling of indoor air pollutant transfer…

Parey S
Thermal and ventilation characteristics in a room with underfloor air-conditioning system.

It is the objective of the present paper to investigate indoor environmental characteristics ofan office building with an underfloor air conditioning system…

Han H, Chung K S, Jang K J
Modelling methods of building process.

Investigation the modelling of the mathematical model of expediency of project decisions of building materials including the human safety the asbestos. The…

Krutkeviciute O, Viliunas G
Test method of heat recovery units in single houses.

The study was to test five units used in single house mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery. Tests were made according to CEN project prepared…

Bernard A M, Lemaire M-C, Spennato B, Barles P
Numerical simulation of turbulent flow in ventilation ducts.

An efficient numerical method for solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)equations with turbulence models for complex geometry and high Reynolds…

Jovicic N, Milovanovic D, Babic M, Soulis J V
Comparison of modelled and measured tracer gas concentrations in a multizone building.

Few detailed comparisons of modeled ad measured pollutant concentrations in multizonebuildings have been published. The COMIS air flow and contaminant…

Sextro R G, Daisey J M, Feustel H E, Dickerhoff D J, Jump C
Ventilation, energy and IAQ impacts of mechanical ventilation in a US dwelling.

Based on concerns about indoor air quality and trends towards tighter envelope construction,there has been increasing interest in mechanical ventilation of…

Persily A K
Evaluation of temperature distributions and airflow patterns with three air diffusing systems in heating period.

This study is to investigate the characteristics of indoor air temperature distributions and airflow patterns with three air diffusing systems in heating…

Sohn J Y, Ahn B W, Park J S, Lee W R
Research laboratory design: do's and don'ts.

This article briefly describes a research program undertaken by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Services to investigate ventilation…

Memarzadeh F
Airflow pattern in an air-conditioned seminar room.

The pattern of airflow influences the propagation of airborne pollutants, the thermalenvironment and general comfort conditions. In designing a good HVAC…

Cheong K W D, Sekhar S C, Tham K W, Djunaedy E
Velocity and temperature prediction in an office room with furniture.

The paper presents results from the numerical modelling of the flow field in an existing ventilated office room. The numerical procedure is based on the 3D…

Stankov P, Denev J, Stamov S
Ventilation efficiencies of task/ambient conditioning systems with desk-mounted air supplies.

In laboratory experiments, we investigated the ability of two task/ambient conditioningsystems with air supplied from desk-mounted air outlets to…

Faulkner D, Fisk W J, Sullivan D P, Wyon D P
A hygrothermal model for predicting house dust mite response to environmental conditions in dwellings.

House-dust mite antigens are a major contributor to allergic sensitisation. Since temperatureand humidity are crucial to house-dust mite physiology, there…

Crowther D, Oreszczyn T, Baker N, Pretlove S
Effect of partition location on the air and contaminant movement in a room.

The ventilation engineer's plan at the design stage could be influenced by many factors. It may also be different from the requirements for the final users…

Lee H, Awbi H B
Problem of air flow pattern reproduction in scale models of ventilated rooms.

Scale model experiments give possibilities for analyses of the design conceptions of ventilation especially of air distribution in large enclosures. When…

Hurnik M, Mierzwinski S, Popiolek Z
Prediction of the indoor air quality trend in a dwelling in the Mediterranean climate.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the indoor air quality parameters in a residentialdwelling using information from the field. The subject was a…

Giorgiantoni G, Giuli G
A study on the characteristics of indoor environment and comfort in office building with underfloor air-conditioning (UFAC) system.

During the last decade, an increasing interest in Underfloor Air-Conditioning (UFAC) systems has emerged. This is due mainly to an increased demand from…

Chung K-S, Han H-T, Cho C-G, Kong S-H, Cho M-K
Numerical analysis of natural convection in insulating porous material.

The Paper deals with numerical computations, carried out, in order to predict the effects of natural convection on the thermal performance of porous…

Shankar V, Hagentoft C E
AIRLESS, A European project on HVAC systems: maintenance of HVAC-systems task two.

In the beginning of 1998 the European project, AIRLESS, was started to develop strategies,principles and protocols to improve and control the petiormance of…

Muller B, Fitzner K, Kuchen V
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