A review on characteristics and mitigation strategies of indoor air quality in underground subway stations

J Yang, X Fan, H Zhang, W Zheng, T Ye - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the rapidly increasing ridership and the relatively enclosed underground space, the
indoor air quality (IAQ) in underground subway stations (USSs) has attracted more public …

Numerical investigation of air curtain jet effect upon the compartment-facade fire safety protection based on temperature evolution and thermal impact

H Xu, K Lin, S Mao, J Wang, Y Ding, K Lu - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the air curtain effect on the outcome of compartment-facade fire safety
protection is investigated on the basis of temperature evolution and thermal impact. A …

Influences of the optimized air curtain at subway entrance to reduce the ingress of outdoor airborne particles

T Chen, SJ Cao, J Wang, AG Nizamani, Z Feng… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to control the air quality of underground metro stations, especially
considering their poorly ventilated environments. Existing literature mainly focuses on the …

Investigation on the restrain effect of air curtain to the spilled flame and its heat flux of a compartment-facade fire

H Xu, K Lu, F Hu, Y Ding, B Li, K Zhou - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the restrain effect of air curtain to the spilled flame and its heat flux of
a compartment-facade fire. A compartment model of 1.2 m× 0.9 m× 0.9 m is established in …

Research on the effect of ceiling centralized smoke exhaust system with air curtains on heat confinement and plug-holing phenomenon in tunnel fires

Z Chen, Z Liu, L Huang, G Niu, J Yan, J Wang - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As tunnel fires can easily cause numerous casualties, this paper proposes a combination of
ceiling centralized smoke exhaust and air curtain ventilation to study the temperature …

Air curtain in informal shopping malls: Optimization of the air curtain operating parameters for heat and smoke confinement

MAMS Shoshe, MA Rahman - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The operating parameters of commercially available air curtains, due to their promise in the
confinement of fire-generated heat and smoke, have been systematically examined …

The effect of vertical and horizontal air curtain on smoke and heat control in the multi-storey building

M Safarzadeh, G Heidarinejad… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Air curtains are used as an industrial tool to control heating and cooling, over time they have
been found to be useful for controlling fire and dust. In this paper, the effect of air curtain on …

Brief Review of Recent Achievements in the Flamelet Manifold Selection and Probability Density Distribution for Flamelet Manifold Variables

G Yu, B Li - Journal of Energy Resources …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The flamelet model is a commonly used tool for turbulent combustion simulations in the
engineering field due to its computational efficiency and compatibility with complex chemical …

Experimental and simulation study of air curtain uniformity and analysis of air curtain's dust barrier effect

H Wang, Z Jiang, G Zhang, SL Xu - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the air curtain, an effective device to isolate dust that can quickly spread, is
frequently used in mines, tunnels, and other places that produce more dust. Meanwhile, a …

Numerical investigation of air curtain jet effect on the upper layer temperature evolution of a compartment fire and its transition

K Lu, H Xu, C Shi, Z Wang, J Wang, Y Ding - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the upper layer temperature evolution of a compartment fire and its
transition behavior with air curtain jet conditions. Based on FDS simulation, a series of full …