This paper presents a comprehensive discussion about past, present and future research focused on air curtain performance optimization. The past reserach mostly relies on simplified analytical solutions for jets. The present approach takes a more comprehensive step toward understanding and quantification of all major parameters that affect the air curtain flow field by utilization of modern analytical/computational and experimental techniques. The goal of future work is a systematic approach to map optimum air curtain performance as a function of the major design parameters. This approach would be independent of any particular display case design specifics and should be useful to all display case manufacturers.
Past, Present and Future research toward air curtain performance optimization
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Bibliographic info:
Ashrae 2005 Winter meeting, technical and symposium papers, Orlando, February 2005