Recent progress on studies of airborne infectious disease transmission, air quality, and thermal comfort in the airliner cabin air environment

F Wang, R You, T Zhang, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Airborne transmission of infectious diseases through air travel has become a major concern,
especially during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The flying public and crew members have long …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of aerosol transmission on a Boeing 737 airplane with intervention measures for COVID-19 mitigation

K Talaat, M Abuhegazy, OA Mahfoze, O Anderoglu… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Identifying economically viable intervention measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission on
aircraft is of critical importance especially as new SARS-CoV2 variants emerge …

Influencing factors in the simulation of airflow and particle transportation in aircraft cabins by CFD

Q Cao, M Liu, X Li, CH Lin, D Wei, S Ji, TT Zhang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To control the transport of particles such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus in airliner cabins, which is
a significant concern for the flying public, effective ventilation systems are essential …

Ventilation strategies and air quality management in passenger aircraft cabins: A review of experimental approaches and numerical simulations

HA Elmaghraby, YW Chiang… - Science and Technology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The cabins of passenger aircraft experience one of the most complex indoor environments
among all other means of mass public transportation. Given the large number of passengers …

Modelling of evaporation of cough droplets in inhomogeneous humidity fields using the multi-component Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

X Li, Y Shang, Y Yan, L Yang, J Tu - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
This study employed a multi-component Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to model the
evaporation and dispersion of cough droplets in quiescent air. The approach is featured with …

Evaluation of different air distribution systems in a commercial airliner cabin in terms of comfort and COVID-19 infection risk

M Liu, J Liu, Q Cao, X Li, S Liu, S Ji, CH Lin… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The air distribution system in an airliner plays a key role in maintaining a comfortable and
healthy environment in the aircraft cabin. To evaluate the performance of a novel …

Effect of different turbulence models on combustion and emission characteristics of hydrogen/air flames

H Yilmaz, O Cam, S Tangoz, I Yilmaz - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present modeling results of hydrogen/air combustion in a micro-
cylindrical combustor. Modeling studies were carried out with different turbulence models to …

CFD simulations of two opposing plane wall jets in a generic empty airplane cabin: Comparison of RANS and LES

JH Thysen, T van Hooff, B Blocken… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the ventilation flow in airplane
cabins are important for ventilation design optimisation regarding passenger health, thermal …

Transport and trajectory of cough-induced bimodal aerosol in an air-conditioned space

B Zhang, G Guo, C Zhu, Z Ji… - Indoor and Built …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Aerosol generated from a human cough can be a potential major indoor health risk due to
the possible transmission of infectious respiratory diseases to surrounding individuals within …

Experimental and numerical investigations of indoor air movement distribution with an office ceiling fan

W Chen, S Liu, Y Gao, H Zhang, E Arens, L Zhao… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ceiling fans provide cooling to indoor occupants and improve their thermal comfort in warm
environments at very low energy consumption. Understanding indoor air distribution …