Ventilation, Simulation and Infectious Disease Control in Built Environment

In this topical collection (25 articles)

Page is not a valid page number. Please enter a number between 1 and 2 of 2

1. Research Article / Indoor/Outdoor Airflow and Air Quality

   Hospital ventilation simulation for the study of potential exposure to contaminants

   Carla Balocco Pages 5-20

   Download PDF (2665KB)

2. Research Article

   Role of air changes per hour (ACH) in possible transmission of airborne infections

   Farhad Memarzadeh, Weiran Xu Pages 15-28

   Download PDF (1629KB)

3. Research Article

   Evaluation of intervention strategies in schools including ventilation for influenza transmission control

   Xiaolei Gao, Yuguo Li, Pengcheng Xu, Benjamin J. Cowling Pages 29-37

   Download PDF (1106KB)

4. 

   Research Article/Indoor/Outdoor Airflow and Air Quality

   A systems approach to the design of safe-rooms for shelter-in-place

   James S. Bennett Pages 41-51

5. 

   Research Article

   Numerical study of the lock-up phenomenon of human exhaled droplets under a displacement ventilated room

   Naiping Gao, Qibin He, Jianlei Niu Pages 51-60

6. 

   Research Article

   Improved control of the pressure in a cleanroom environment

   A. H. T. M. van den Brink, A. W. M. van Schijndel Pages 61-72

7. 

   Research Article

   Localized air-conditioning with upper-room UVGI to reduce airborne bacteria cross-infection

   Mohamad Kanaan, Nesreene Ghaddar, Kamel Ghali Pages 63-74

8. 

   Research Article/Indoor/Outdoor Airflow and Air Quality

   Optimization of bathroom ventilation design for an ISO Class 5 clean ward

   Caiqing Yang, Xudong Yang, Tengfang Xu, Luchun Sun, Wei Gong Pages 133-142

9. Research Article

   Air infiltration induced inter-unit dispersion and infectious risk assessment in a high-rise residential building

   Yan Wu, Jianlei Niu, Xiaoping Liu Pages 193-202

   Download PDF (2572KB)

10. Research Article/Indoor/Outdoor Airflow and Air Quality

    Particle removal efficiency of the portable HEPA air cleaner in a simulated hospital ward

    Hua Qian, Yuguo Li, Hequan Sun, Peter V. Nielsen, Xinghua Huang… Pages 215-224

    Download PDF (2845KB)

11. Research Article

    Decay characteristics of expiratory aerosol in various diffuser-induced airflow patterns using large-eddy simulation

    Takamasa Hasama Pages 225-233

    Download PDF (1421KB)

12. 

    Research Article

    Ultra clean ventilation system performance relating to airborne infections in operating theatres using CFD modelling

    Gearoid P. Lydon, Derek B. Ingham, Monjur M. Mourshed Pages 277-287

13. Research Article / Indoor/Outdoor Airflow and Air Quality

    Investigating a safe ventilation rate for the prevention of indoor SARS transmission: An attempt based on a simulation approach

    Yi Jiang, Bin Zhao, Xiaofeng Li, Xudong Yang, Zhiqin Zhang… Pages 281-289

    Download PDF (1610KB)

14. Research Article

    Using air curtains to reduce short-range infection risk in consulting ward: A numerical investigation

    Jin Ye, Hua Qian, Jianchao Ma, Rong Zhou, Xiaohong Zheng Pages 325-335

    Download PDF (3028KB)

15. 

    Research Article

    Distribution of respiratory droplets in enclosed environments under different air distribution methods

    Naiping Gao, Jianlei Niu, Lidia Morawska Pages 326-335

16. 

    Research Article

    Study on the carbon dioxide lockup phenomenon in aircraft cabin by computational fluid dynamics

    Mengxi Li, Bin Zhao, Jiyuan Tu, Yihuan Yan Pages 431-441

17. Position Paper

    Tracer gas is a suitable surrogate of exhaled droplet nuclei for studying airborne transmission in the built environment

    Zhengtao Ai, Cheuk Ming Mak, Naiping Gao, Jianlei Niu Pages 489-496

    Download PDF (1072KB)

18. Research Article

    The ventilation needed to control thermal plume and particle dispersion from manikins in a unidirectional ventilated protective isolation room

    Caiqing Yang, Xudong Yang, Bin Zhao Pages 551-565

    Download PDF (6116KB)

19. Research Article

    Large-eddy simulation of the containment failure in isolation rooms with a sliding door—An experimental and modelling study

    Pekka Saarinen, Petri Kalliomäki, Hannu Koskela, Julian W. Tang Pages 585-596

    Download PDF (2977KB)

20. Research Article

    Locating time-varying contaminant sources in 3D indoor environments with three typical ventilation systems using a multi-robot active olfaction method

    Qilin Feng, Hao Cai, Fei Li, Yibin Yang, Zhilong Chen Pages 597-611

    Download PDF (3320KB)

Page is not a valid page number. Please enter a number between 1 and 2 of 2