Air Curtains for Buildings and Industrial Processes (eBook)

This book is based on several decades of authors' research and practical experience in the areas of industrial and commercial buildings ventilation and energy efficiency as well as in process optimization in different types of industrial facilities. The Book discusses different types of air curtains used around the world and describes design, applications, pros and cons and examples for each type of air curtain.  The book is illustrated with schematics of air curtains and pictures from their real-life implementation from around-the -world. To compare various design of air curtains, authors propose several indicators/efficiency criteria, which address effectiveness of air curtains, their energy and performance efficiency. 

The target audience for this book are energy and process engineers and designers of large commercial and industrial facilities, warehouses, and hangars.  

Dr. Alexander Zhivov is a senior research engineer at the Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois. He is responsible for the US Army facilities energy strategic planning leading to the implementation of new HVAC systems, distributed generation technologies, renewable energy. He develops the framework and concepts of a secure, reliable, and efficient Army installation energy strategy and supporting implementation programs.

He holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Central Research and Experimental Design Institute for Industrial Buildings, Moscow, and the Research Institute for Labor Protection, Leningrad, and an MBA degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Between 1991 and 2003 he was a visiting, adjunct and assistant professor at the Bioenvironmental Engineering Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.   

Dr. Zhivov served as an Operating Agent for the International Energy Agency ECB Program Annex 46 'Holistic Assessment Tool-kit on Energy Efficient Retrofit Measures for Government Buildings 'EnERGo,' Annex 61 'Business and Technical Concepts for Deep Energy Retrofit of Public Buildings' and Annex 73 'Towards Net Zero Energy Public Resilient Communities.'

Dr. Zhivov is a Fellow and Life member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He has authored more than 250 books and technical papers.

Dr. Andrey S. Strongin is a head of the laboratory 'Environmental safety and energy efficiency of building's engineering equipment' at the Research Institute of Buildings Physics Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences in Moscow. His areas of research include ventilation and air conditioning ofresidential, commercial, and industrial buildings, he manages projects related to HVAC and energy supply systems; develops and reviewers codes, standards and guidelines related to design and construction of heat supply and HVAC system.  Dr. Strongin received his M.S. degree in civil engineering in 1974 from Moscow State University of Civil Engineering in the area of heating ventilation, heat and gas supply.  He also received his Ph.D. degree in 1983 from the Central Research Institute of Industrial Buildings.  He is an author of more than 90 technical publications, including monographs and university textbooks, he is a holder of 12 patents.