Double skin façade (DSF) system is used in high-rise buildings increasingly in the hot summer and cold winter zone in China, due to its advantages in sound proof, aesthetic appearance and energy efficiency. This paper demonstrated a method of obtaining the thermal characteristics of the double skin façade system using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques, and evaluated the energy perfo...

The cracking and subsequent fallout of glazing could significantly affect the dynamics of fires in compartments. The sudden venting resulting from the fallout of a window glass may result in backdraft or flashover depending on the development stage of the fire. The need for research on glazing behaviour in fires was first identified by Emmons [1]. There are two main physical processes involved ...

In this study, a series of pretreatments, including ice-glazing, polyphosphate impregnated, and both ice-glazing were employed to pretreat shucked oysters in order explore the optimal processing conditions for long-time storage. The effect repeated freezing-thawing cycles on quality was evaluated. Several indicators used investigate effects pretreatment. For VBN (volatile salt-based nitrogen) v...