The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime

HC Burridge, RK Bhagat… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The year 2020 has seen the emergence of a global pandemic as a result of the disease
COVID-19. This report reviews knowledge of the transmission of COVID-19 indoors …

Portable HEPA purifiers to eliminate airborne SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review

DT Liu, KM Phillips, MM Speth… - … –Head and Neck …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Current epidemiologic predictions of COVID-19 suggest that SARS-CoV-2
mitigation strategies must be implemented long-term. In-office aerosol-generating …

Assessing effectiveness of air purifiers (HEPA) for controlling indoor particulate pollution

S Dubey, H Rohra, A Taneja - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The present study deals with an evaluation of the air purifier's effectiveness in reducing the
concentration of different sized particulate matter (PM) and ions in the real-world indoor …

[HTML][HTML] Electrostatic precipitators as an indoor air cleaner—A literature review

A Afshari, L Ekberg, L Forejt, J Mo, S Rahimi, J Siegel… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many people spend most of their time in an indoor environment. A positive relationship
exists between indoor environmental quality and the health, wellbeing, and productivity of …

Electrostatic precipitator for fine and ultrafine particle removal from indoor air environments

L Chen, E Gonze, M Ondarts, J Outin… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
An electrostatic precipitator was evaluated to reduce nanometric and micron-sized particles
in indoor air environments. This process consists in a negative air ionizer assisted by a …

Recent research on expiratory particles in respiratory viral infection and control strategies: A review

Y Bu, R Ooka, H Kikumoto, W Oh - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 poses a significant threat to human health.
In this study, recent research on the characteristics of expiratory particles and flow is …

[HTML][HTML] The role of portable air purifiers and effective ventilation in improving indoor air quality in university classrooms

M Aldekheel, A Altuwayjiri, R Tohidi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study we investigated the effectiveness of air purifiers and in-line filters in ventilation
systems working simultaneously inside various classrooms at the University of Southern …

Electret characteristics of melt‐blown polylactic acid fabrics for air filtration application

J Zhang, G Chen, GS Bhat, H Azari… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. Melt‐blown PLA
electret fabrics have become attractive materials for air filter applications. Its filtration …

Testing of an indoor air cleaner for particulate pollutants under realistic conditions in an office room

M Küpper, C Asbach, U Schneiderwind… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2019 - Springer
Mobile air cleaners have been gaining popularity as potentially effective tools for improving
indoor air quality. Usually, the efficacy of an air cleaner is quantified by determination of the …

Effectiveness of a portable personal air cleaner in reducing the airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens

G Cortellessa, C Canale, L Stabile, G Grossi… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The airborne transmission in indoor environments represents the main pathway of
respiratory pathogens, and most of the indoor environments do not have adequate …