Current and potential approaches on assessing airflow and particle dispersion in healthcare facilities: a systematic review

H Tan, KY Wong, MHD Othman, HY Kek… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
An indoor environment in a hospital building requires a high indoor air quality (IAQ) to
overcome patients' risks of getting wound infections without interrupting the recovery …

Dynamic characteristics of particulate matter resuspension due to human activities in indoor environments: a comprehensive review

F Yuan, R Yao, W Yu, S Sadrizadeh, H Awbi… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) resuspension from indoor surfaces is one of the leading causes of
occupant exposure to PM. It has been recognized as a main source of indoor air pollution by …

Numerical study of transient indoor airflow and virus-laden droplet dispersion: Impact of interactive human movement

J Wu, W Weng, M Fu, Y Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Human movement affects indoor airflow and the airborne transmission of respiratory
infectious diseases, which has attracted scholars. However, the interactive airflow between …

Variation of temperature stratification during and after the human movement in displacement ventilation

L Feng, Y Wu, Y Zhao, R Li, S Dong, N Gao - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor temperature stratification can be weakened or even eliminated by human movement
in displacement ventilation (DV). Thus far, the investigations of temperature destratification …

A zonal model to predict the vertical temperature distribution of displacement ventilation system during human movement

L Feng, R Li, Y Wu, N Gao - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The existence of stable and continuous temperature stratification in displacement ventilation
systems could bring the advantages of energy savings and high ventilation efficiency. The …

Enhancement effect of human movement on the high risk range of viral aerosols exhaled by a sitting person

J Wu, W Weng, M Fu, Y Li, M Lan - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Human movement could affect viral aerosol transmission. We carried out full-scale
experiments to study the effect of human movement on viral aerosols exhaled by a sitting …

A review of human thermal plume and its influence on the inhalation exposure to particulate matter

J Zong, J Liu, Z Ai, MK Kim - Indoor and Built Environment, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews studies on the human thermal plume and its influence on the inhalation
exposure to particulate matter in the breathing zone under different conditions. The human …

Experimental and numerical simulations of human movement effect on the capture efficiency of a local exhaust ventilation system

M Mahaki, M Mattsson, M Salmanzadeh… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
In local exhaust ventilation systems, external turbulence from eg human movements can
affect the capture efficiency of the system considerably. In this study, experimental and …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol exchange between pressure-equilibrium rooms induced by door motion and human movement

M Zheng, Y Fan, X Li, D Lester, X Chen, Y Li… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is now widely recognised that aerosol transport is major vector for transmission of diseases
such as COVID-19, and quantification of aerosol transport in the built environment is critical …

[HTML][HTML] A study on contaminant leakage from Airborne Infection Isolation room during medical staff entry; Implementation of walking motion on hypothetical human …

S Jo, G Kim, M Sung - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent outbreak of respiratory infectious diseases such as Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome (MERS) and Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) highlights the critical role of Air …