%0 Journal Article
%A Darwin Kiel
%A David J Wilson
%A Max H Sherman
%B ASHRAE Transactions
%D 1985
%G eng
%N 1
%T Air Leakage Flow Correlations for Varying House Construction
%V 91
%2 LBL-18732
%8 01/1985
%X <p>Fan pressurization techniques are being employed by an increasingly large number of contractors<br />and auditors to determine the leakage characteristics of structures. In this study, a large<br />data base of flow exponents and flow coefficients are compiled to determine the degree of<br />correlation that exists between flow parameters. The resulting empirical relationships are<br />then used to determine the feasibility of predicting these flow parameters directly from a<br />single pressure difference test. On the basis of these correlations, a new pressure<br />independent tigh~ness parameter is proposed.</p>