Review of indoor aerosol generation, transport, and control in the context of COVID‐19

MA Kohanski, LJ Lo, MS Waring - International forum of allergy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has heightened the
awareness of aerosol generation by human expiratory events and their potential role in viral …

Effects of indoor environmental parameters related to building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems on patients' medical outcomes: A review of scientific …

A Shajahan, CH Culp, B Williamson - Indoor Air, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The indoor environment of a mechanically ventilated hospital building controls infection
rates as well as influences patients' healing processes and overall medical outcomes. This …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling aerosol transport and virus exposure with numerical simulations in relation to SARS-CoV-2 transmission by inhalation indoors

V Vuorinen, M Aarnio, M Alava, V Alopaeus… - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
We provide research findings on the physics of aerosol and droplet dispersion relevant to
the hypothesized aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the current pandemic. We …

Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation

S Liu, M Koupriyanov, D Paskaruk, G Fediuk… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective ventilation could reduce COVID-19 infection in buildings. By using a computational
fluid dynamics technique and advanced experimental measurement methods, this …

Transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 when people coughing in an elevator

S Liu, Z Deng - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
People in cities use elevators daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more worries
about elevator safety, since elevators are often small and crowded. This study used a proven …

Improving air quality in high-density cities by understanding the relationship between air pollutant dispersion and urban morphologies

C Yuan, E Ng, LK Norford - Building and Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
In high-density megacities, air pollution has a higher impact on public health than cities of
lower population density. Apart from higher pollution emissions due to human activities in …

Comparison of the Eulerian and Lagrangian methods for predicting particle transport in enclosed spaces

Z Zhang, Q Chen - Atmospheric environment, 2007 - Elsevier
The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods have been widely used in modeling
particle transport and distribution in enclosed spaces. Generally, the particle models can be …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and reduction of aerosols in classrooms using air purifier systems

S Burgmann, U Janoske - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as an airborne respiratory disease led to a bunch of open
questions: how teaching in classrooms is possible and how the risk of infection can be …

COVID-19 and urban spaces: A new integrated CFD approach for public health opportunities

AM Hassan, NA Megahed - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Safe urban public spaces are vital owing to their impacts on public health, especially during
pandemics such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Urban public spaces and urbanscape …

Evaluation of various turbulence models in predicting airflow and turbulence in enclosed environments by CFD: Part 1—Summary of prevalent turbulence models

ZJ Zhai, Z Zhang, W Zhang, QY Chen - Hvac&R Research, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Air distribution in enclosed environments is crucial to thermal comfort and air quality.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has played an important role in evaluating and …