Hazards of pollutants and ventilation control strategy in industrial workshops: Current state and future trend

X Zhao, Y Yin - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Industries such as metallurgy, chemical engineering, metal products, building materials,
welding, and nuclear engineering inevitably emit high-strength pollutants (solid and liquid …

Geoepidemiological perspective on COVID-19 pandemic review, an insight into the global impact

A Vallée - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic showed major impacts, on societies worldwide, challenging
healthcare systems, economies, and daily life of people. Geoepidemiology, an emerging …

Transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 when people coughing in an elevator

S Liu, Z Deng - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
People in cities use elevators daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more worries
about elevator safety, since elevators are often small and crowded. This study used a proven …

A local thermal sensation model suitable for thermal comfort evaluation of sensitive body segments

Z He, X Zhao, Y Yin, X Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, an indoor environment is created by heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and
cooling (HVAC) systems that meet the cooling needs of occupants in summer, however …

Inverse design of a thermally comfortable indoor environment with a coupled CFD and multi-segment human thermoregulation model

W Liu, TT Zhang, D Lai - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
A thermally comfortable indoor environment is critical for ensuring the health and
productivity of the occupants. To design a thermally comfortable environment, CFD-based …

Data-driven prediction of energy consumption of district cooling systems (DCS) based on the weather forecast data

X Zhao, Y Yin, S Zhang, G Xu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of energy consumption is the theoretical basis to achieve the low-carbon
operation and maintenance of building HVAC systems. Existing studies either use only …

Intelligent ventilation control in enclosed environment towards health and energy efficiency: A study of elevator cabins

J Wang, H Yu, N Fu, Z Feng, C Li - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission of respiratory infectious diseases has brought severe impacts to the
enclosed environment, eg, elevator cabins. According to statistics, there are over 2 billion …

Approaches in CFD modeling of respiratory droplet dispersion–issues and challenges

AA Sedighi, F Haghighat, F Nasiri, S Cao… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne viruses can be transmitted from infected person to healthy one through small
respiratory droplets. Comprehensive information on the dispersion pattern of saliva droplets …

Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-19

Z Gu, J Han, L Zhang, H Wang, X Luo, X Meng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Policies and measures to control pandemics are often failing. While biological factors
controlling transmission are usually well explored, little is known about the environmental …

Influence of office furniture on exposure risk to respiratory infection under mixing and displacement air distribution systems

IH Hatif, HM Kamar, N Kamsah, KY Wong… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The furniture layout between two people complicates the interaction between indoor airflow,
human thermal plume, and exhalation flow in the breathing microenvironment. It thus …