Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

The role of computational fluid dynamics tools on investigation of pathogen transmission: Prevention and control

S Peng, Q Chen, E Liu - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Transmission mechanics of infectious pathogen in various environments are of great
complexity and has always been attracting many researchers' attention. As a cost-effective …

Behavior of cough droplets emitted from Covid-19 patient in hospital isolation room with different ventilation configurations

HT Dao, KS Kim - Building and environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The world is now facing the Covid-19 pandemic and the control of Covid-19 spread in health
care facilities is a serious concern. The ventilation system in hospital isolation rooms with …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulation of cross-ventilation in buildings using rooftop wind-catchers: Impact of outlet openings

H Montazeri, F Montazeri - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Cross-ventilation using rooftop wind-catchers is very complex as it is influenced by a wide
range of interrelated factors including aerodynamic characteristics of the wind catcher …

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 …

Experimental study on the control effect of different ventilation systems on fine particles in a simulated hospital ward

X Kong, C Guo, Z Lin, S Duan, J He, Y Ren… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, a large number of respiratory infectious diseases (especially COVID-19)
have broken out worldwide. Respiratory infectious viruses may be released in the air …

Human exposure to respiratory aerosols in a ventilated room: Effects of ventilation condition, emission mode, and social distancing

G Pei, M Taylor, D Rim - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission of virus via respiratory aerosols plays an important role in the spread
of infectious diseases in indoor environments. Ventilation and social distancing are two …

Sanitization during and after COVID-19 pandemic: a short review

MH Khan, H Yadav - Transactions of the Indian National Academy of …, 2020 - Springer
Sanitization is a preventive and strategic method to contain the spread of SARS-CoV2.
Since there is no foolproof method to tackle the present COVID-19 pandemic, sanitization …

Ventilation indices for evaluation of airborne infection risk control performance of air distribution

Y Lu, D Niu, S Zhang, H Chang, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Air distribution is an effective engineering measure to fight against respiratory infectious
diseases like COVID-19. Ventilation indices are widely used to indicate the airborne …

Evaluation of the ventilation mode in an ISO class 6 electronic cleanroom by the AHP-entropy weight method

G Han, G Feng, C Tang, C Pan, W Zhou, J Zhu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As ISO Class 6 electronic cleanrooms are required to meet stringent environmental control
standards during production, an energy-efficient ventilation mode is required to maintain an …