knowledge of resistance to airflow through agricultural products is an important consideration in the design of drying, cooling, or aeration systems and proper fan selection for these systems. resistance to airflow of bulk chickpea seeds was studied at moisture contents in the range of 9.21 to 21.36 % (wet basis) for airflow rate range from 0.02 to 0.50 m3 s-1 m-2, using an experimental test co...

The distribution of airflow in a residential building varies with the periodic operation of a heating, ventilating and airconditioning (HVAC) system. Depending on the HVAC fan operation, mixing airflow (fan ON) or stratified airflow (fan OFF) occurs in the space. The objectives of this study are 1) to examine the time needed for room air to stabilize after a central ventilation fan turns ON/OFF...

Data centers have become ubiquitous in the last few years in an attempt to keep pace with the processing and storage needs of the Internet and cloud computing. The steady growth in the heat densities of IT servers leads to a rise in the energy needed to cool them, and constitutes approximately 40% of the power consumed by data centers. However, many data centers feature redundant air conditioni...

The functions of the nasal cavity are closely related to its structure. In this study the three-dimensional finite element models were established based on the clinical data of twenty-four volunteers to study the influence of nasal structure on nasal functions of heating the inhaled airflow. Numerical simulations mainly concerning the airflow distribution and the airflow temperature are perform...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of airflow communication between bilateral nostril sides on nasal ventilation. In addition, we try to validate the efficacy of the Draf III procedure from the aerodynamics perspective. METHODS One health model and two disease models were constructed. These included 2 patients with nasal septum perforation and 1 patient who received the Draf III procedure. W...

Airflow distribution in the greenhouse windows is important for us to understand the mechanism of natural ventilation and thus is helpful for designers to have the optimal ventilation system. The full-scale measurements of the airflow in a large Venlo-type greenhouse were carried out by use of an ultrasonic anemometer. The clear airflow patterns around the greenhouse under leeside ventilation w...

This study was undertaken to determine whether the resistance to nasal airflow and differences in oronasal distribution of ventilation at rest and during exercise alter the pattern of breathing. We observed six normal subjects, six patients with symptomatic allergic rhinitis, and six patients with asymptomatic bronchial asthma (three men and three women in each group), all of whom had normal pu...

Observation of terrestrial mammals suggests that they can follow the wind (anemotaxis), but the sensory cues underlying this ability have not been studied. We identify a significant contribution to anemotaxis mediated by whiskers (vibrissae), a modality previously studied only in the context of direct tactile contact. Five rats trained on a five-alternative forced-choice airflow localization ta...