Indoor air quality: a review of cleaning technologies

TM Mata, AA Martins, CSC Calheiros, F Villanueva… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aims: Indoor air quality (IAQ) has attracted increased attention with the emergence of COVID-
19. Ventilation is perhaps the area in which the most changes have been proposed in …

Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) for in-duct airborne bioaerosol disinfection: Review and analysis of design factors

H Luo, L Zhong - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in global cases of COVID-19 illness and death requires the
implementation of appropriate and efficient engineering controls to improve indoor air …

UVC LED irradiation effectively inactivates aerosolized viruses, bacteria, and fungi in a chamber-type air disinfection system

DK Kim, DH Kang - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this study, the possibility of inactivating viral, bacterial, and fungal aerosols in a chamber-
type air disinfection system by using a UVC light-emitting-diode (LED) array was …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning the aerosolization and transmission of Legionella in the built environment

AJ Prussin II, DO Schwake, LC Marr - Building and environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Legionella is a genus of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria responsible for a serious
disease known as legionellosis, which is transmitted via inhalation of this pathogen in …

Grating-like DBD plasma for air disinfection: Dose and dose-response characteristics

L Zhang, Y Guo, J Tie, Z Yao, Z Feng, Q Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma is an emerging technique
for effective bioaerosol decontamination and is promising to be used in indoor environments …

In-duct grating-like dielectric barrier discharge system for air disinfection

L Zhang, Y Guo, X Chang, Z Yao, X Wei, Z Feng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context of spreading Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the combination of
heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system with air disinfection device is an …

The microbiome of the built environment and mental health

AJ Hoisington, LA Brenner, KA Kinney, TT Postolache… - Microbiome, 2015 - Springer
The microbiome of the built environment (MoBE) is a relatively new area of study. While
some knowledge has been gained regarding impacts of the MoBE on the human …

Impact of UVC-sustained recirculating air filtration on airborne bacteria and dust in a pig facility

L Eisenlöffel, T Reutter, M Horn, S Schlegel, U Truyen… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
High amounts of aerial pollutants like dust and microorganisms can pose serious health
hazards to animals and humans. The aim of the current study therefore was, to assess the …

Mapping the knowledge pattern of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation for cleaner indoor air through the lens of bibliometrics

SS Nunayon, KW Mui, LT Wong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the global outbreak of infectious diseases over the years, airborne pathogen removal
from the indoor environment has become a critical issue. Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation …

A systematic literature review of indoor air disinfection techniques for airborne bacterial respiratory pathogens

TT Nguyen, GR Johnson, SC Bell… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interrupting the transmission of airborne (<≈ 5 µm) respiratory pathogens indoors is not a
new challenge, but it has attracted unprecedented interest due to the COVID-19 pandemic …