Effectiveness and optimum jet velocity for a plane jet air curtain used to restrict cold room infiltration

Foster, A; Swain, MJ; Barrett, RV; D’Agaro, Paola; James, SJ

doi:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2005.12.011

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“…CFD simulation has been widely used in the description and design of post-harvest facilities, including products and packaging (Defraeye et al, 2014;Delele et al, 2013a, b;Ferrua and Singh, 2009), storage facilities (Chourasia et al, 2007;Delele et al, 2009;Foster et al, 2006), and refrigerated transport (Moureh et al, 2009a, b;Tapsoba et al, 2007). This study addresses the optimization of the gas exchange system for transportation with CA.…”

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“…Thus, a 2-D model was used to predict the influence of exhaust valve location, driving speed, and diameter of valve on gas exchange performance. To improve the airflow patterns in a ventilated enclosure, a 3-D model is useful to obtain considerable data in only one case (Foster et al, 2006;Tapsoba et al, 2007).…”

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“…The problem-solving process requires a significant amount of time and computational resources, which hinder the convenient comparison of different parameters and levels. Foster et al (2006) developed a 2-D model to investigate the performance of a plane jet air curtain that restricts cold room infiltration. Ho et al (2011) indicated that 3-D models are complex and require extensive computing time, although they can describe the air distribution in a container in detail.…”

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“…In reality the momentum of the air jet should be higher since the minimum momentum corresponds with the stability border. Therefore a safety factor between 1.3 and 2 is suggested for the outlet velocity [12].…”

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“…The air flow rate through the curtain was measured with a tracer gas decay method [12,15,16,23,24]. A concentration of CO 2 tracer gas was released in the cooled room while the door was closed.…”

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Sick Building Syndrome and Other Building-Related Illnesses

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Outbreaks of building-related illnesses, collectively termed as sick building syndrome (SBS) among building occupants reported in the recent decades, draw remarkable resemblance to early events of epidemic hysteria. Tarantism, the dancing mania of peasant women (animal-like squealing, obscene shouting, laughing, or weeping) during the fifteenth to seventeenth century, St. John's or St. Vitus' dances in Northern Europe, the hysterical fits of women due to smells from hemp steeped in water (Ramazzini 1713), industrial outbreak among workers in a cotton mill in the eighteenth century England (Gentleman's Magazine 1787), are historically recorded events. Many other early psychogenic illnesses reported from schools, hospitals, prisons, and in warfare, exemplify the results of various reasons, like prominent social concerns and exposure to physical, biological, or chemical agents (Bartholomew and Wessely 2002; Sirois 2013). The SBS manifests as the complex spectrum of ill health symptoms, such as mucous membrane irritation (rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, sore throat, eye irritation), asthma symptoms (chest tightness, wheezing), neurotoxic effects (a headache, fatigue, irritability), gastrointestinal disturbance, skin dryness, sensitivity to odours. These symptoms may appear among occupants in office buildings, schools, public buildings, hospitals, and recreational facilities. The rapid spread of symptoms often leads to the virtual closure of the facility, and resolution of the illness also takes place within a short time after leaving the facility (Laumbach 2008; Takeda et al. 2009). Building-related illnesses have been viewed as ubiquitous in modern high-rise buildings. These are designed to be airtight on energy-saving considerationwindows remain sealed, deprived of natural ventilation and daylighting, and HVAC system re-circulates the air in the building, with the minimal replacement of fresh air. Concerns about human health due to deteriorating indoor environmental quality are steadily increasing with a public outcry among the building occupants and also

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Effectiveness and optimum jet velocity for a plane jet air curtain used to restrict cold room infiltration

Cited by 83 publications

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Numerical Simulation of Gas Exchange in Fresh-keeping Transportation Containers with a Controlled Atmosphere

Numerical Simulation of Gas Exchange in Fresh-keeping Transportation Containers with a Controlled Atmosphere

Heat Transfer Through Vertically Downward-Blowing Single-Jet Air Curtains for Cold Rooms

Sick Building Syndrome and Other Building-Related Illnesses

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