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 …

Study on the impacts of human walking on indoor particles dispersion using momentum theory method

SJ Cao, D Cen, W Zhang, Z Feng - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Particle dispersion can be influenced by human activities' inducing effect, which may not be
allowed in high-demanded cleanness environment, such as operation room. The application …

The impacts of viaduct settings and street aspect ratios on personal intake fraction in three-dimensional urban-like geometries

J Hang, Z Xian, D Wang, CM Mak, B Wang… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
High vehicular pollutants exposure to residents in near-road buildings raises special
concerns in micro-scale urban science, as it causes severe health problems for those …

Evolution of pressure drop across electrospun nanofiber filters clogged by solid particles and its influence on indoor particulate air pollution control

T Xia, C Chen - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Because of the relatively low pressure drop and high particle removal efficiency, nanofiber
filter media can be potentially used for indoor particulate air pollution control. However, the …

Smart control of window and air cleaner for mitigating indoor PM2. 5 with reduced energy consumption based on deep reinforcement learning

Y An, Z Niu, C Chen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
For naturally ventilated apartments equipped with air cleaners, it is essential to develop a
controller that simultaneously controls the operation of a window and the air cleaner in order …

Rapid prediction of airborne gaseous pollutant transport in aircraft cabins based on proper orthogonal decomposition and the Markov chain method

Y Wei, TT Zhang, H Jin - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid prediction of airborne gaseous pollutant transport is important for designing a safe
indoor environment. Current models generally solve the airflow fields by CFD first and then …

A methodology for optimal placement of sensors in enclosed environments: A dynamical systems approach

AD Fontanini, U Vaidya… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Air quality has been an important issue in public health for many years. Sensing the level
and distributions of impurities help in the control of building systems and mitigate long term …

Enhancing the effectiveness of bioaerosol disinfection in indoor environments by optimizing far-UVC lamp locations based on Markov chain model

W Huang, K Guo, Y Pan, C Chen - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Far-ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light is an effective and safe disinfection method for bioaerosol
control in occupied indoor environments. The installation location of a far-UVC lamp strongly …

Evaluation of intervention measures in reducing the driver's exposure to respiratory particles in a taxi with infected passengers

Y Pan, W Huang, HK Dai, Y Bian, KF Ho… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong in early 2022, the large number of
infected persons caused a shortage of ambulances and transportation vehicles operated by …

Simulations of indoor airflow and particle dispersion and deposition by the lattice Boltzmann method using LES and RANS approaches

H Sajjadi, M Salmanzadeh, G Ahmadi, S Jafari - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper the Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) in conjunction with the large eddy
simulations (LES) and Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models was used to …