Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review

CD Argyropoulos, V Skoulou, G Efthimiou… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2023 - Springer
The nature and airborne dispersion of the underestimated biological agents, monitoring,
analysis and transmission among the human occupants into building environment is a major …

Analysis of parameters influencing pathogen concentration in a room with displacement ventilation using computational fluid dynamics and Taguchi methods

BE Yuce, A Aganovic, PV Nielsen… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Analyzing multiple physical factors simultaneously to determine optimal ventilation solutions
can be challenging. Furthermore, this type of analysis needs a large case number to be …

Performance analysis of a novel personalized air curtain for preventing inhalation of particulate matters in industrial environments

J Ma, H Qian, F Liu, X Zheng - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Personalized air curtains promise to reduce respiratory exposure in industrial environments.
This work explored the performance of normal safe helmets equipped with air curtains to …

Use of recirculated air curtains inside ventilated rooms for the isolation of transient contaminant

X Shao, X Wen, R Paek, Y Liu, Y Jian, W Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
An air curtain is an aerodynamic barrier for regional isolation and protection; however,
research on its application in ventilated rooms is insufficient. This study investigated the …

Effect of a recirculated air curtain with incomplete coverage of room width on the protection zone in ventilated room

Y Liu, K Qiu, X Shao, P Shi, Y Liu - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
An air curtain is an aerodynamic barrier for contaminants and is frequently installed in the
doorway to separate indoor and outdoor spaces. There are few studies on the isolation of …

Multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation to reduce cross-contamination among indoor occupants

H Zhang, W Zhang, W Zhang, Y Xuan, Y Yue - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Infectious respiratory diseases are known to have high levels of airborne transmissibility.
However, traditional ventilation methods based on perfect mixing often lead to the diffusion …

Emission characteristics of formaldehyde from natural gas combustion and effects of hood exhaust in Chinese kitchens

Z Zheng, H Zhang, H Qian, J Li, T Yu, C Liu - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Formaldehyde (HCHO) is a well known carcinogen. While most studies investigate emission
from wood-based materials, knowledge about releasing of HCHO by natural gas combustion …

Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom

C Ren, F Haghighat, Z Feng, P Kumar, SJ Cao - Building Simulation, 2023 - Springer
Infectious diseases (eg, coronavirus disease 2019) dramatically impact human life, economy
and social development. Exploring the low-cost and energy-saving approaches is essential …

Downward piston ventilation assisted with a localized-Chair exhaust for mitigation of pathogen transport in educational spaces

J Karam, E Katramiz, K Ghali, N Ghaddar - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposes the integration of a localized-chair exhaust (LCE) device and a
downward piston ventilation (DPV) in an educational space. The main aim is to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study on the cutting off performance of a novel personalized air curtain in a general consulting ward

M Chen, S Hao - Developments in the Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To mitigate the risk of airborne transmission during close patient-doctor interactions in
general consulting ward, a novel personalized air curtain (PAC) system is proposed to …