[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 impact on operation and energy consumption of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems

W Zheng, J Hu, Z Wang, J Li, Z Fu, H Li, J Jurasz… - Advances in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is favourable for regulating indoor
temperature, relative humidity, airflow pattern and air quality. However, HVAC systems may …

The roles of transportation and transportation hubs in the propagation of influenza and coronaviruses: a systematic review

A Browne, S St-Onge Ahmad, CR Beck… - Journal of travel …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Respiratory viruses spread in humans across wide geographical areas in short
periods of time, resulting in high levels of morbidity and mortality. We undertook a systematic …

Influence of wind and relative humidity on the social distancing effectiveness to prevent COVID-19 airborne transmission: A numerical study

Y Feng, T Marchal, T Sperry, H Yi - Journal of aerosol science, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been confirmed that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can transmit through
droplets created when an infected human coughs or sneezes. Accordingly, 1.83-m (6-feet) …

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 …

Short‐range airborne transmission of expiratory droplets between two people

L Liu, Y Li, PV Nielsen, J Wei, RL Jensen - Indoor air, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of close proximity infection for many respiratory diseases is often cited as
evidence of large droplet and/or close contact transmission. We explored interpersonal …

Simulation of aerosol transmission on a Boeing 737 airplane with intervention measures for COVID-19 mitigation

K Talaat, M Abuhegazy, OA Mahfoze, O Anderoglu… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Identifying economically viable intervention measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission on
aircraft is of critical importance especially as new SARS-CoV2 variants emerge …

Airflow dynamics of human jets: sneezing and breathing-potential sources of infectious aerosols

JW Tang, AD Nicolle, CA Klettner, J Pantelic, L Wang… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Natural human exhalation flows such as coughing, sneezing and breathing can be
considered as 'jet-like'airflows in the sense that they are produced from a single source in a …

Evaluation of SARS‐COV‐2 transmission and infection in airliner cabins

W Wang, F Wang, D Lai, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Commercial airliners have played an important role in spreading the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus
worldwide. This study used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the transmission …

Aviation cyber–physical systems: Foundations for future aircraft and air transport

K Sampigethaya, R Poovendran - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A century of revolutionary growth in aviation has made global travel a reality of daily life.
Aircraft and air transport overcame a number of formidable challenges and hostilities in the …