A review of different ventilation modes on thermal comfort, air quality and virus spread control

M Fan, Z Fu, J Wang, Z Wang, H Suo, X Kong… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the era of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), inappropriate indoor ventilation may
turn out to be the culprit of microbial contamination in enclosed spaces and deteriorate the …

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 …

A comprehensive review on mitigating the risk of airborne particles using add-on systems

IJ Al-Rikabi, H Alsaad, P Nejat, C Voelker - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Inadequate indoor ventilation can lead to microbial contamination in enclosed spaces,
necessitating improvements in indoor air quality (IAQ). To address this,'add-on systems' can …

Implementation and visualization of artificial intelligent ventilation control system using fast prediction models and limited monitoring data

C Ren, SJ Cao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Coupling modelling and monitoring has always been a very challenging task aiming for
indoor air pollution control towards the construction of safe, healthy and energy-efficient …

Energy performance index of air distribution: Thermal utilization effectiveness

S Zhang, Y Lu, D Niu, Z Lin - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy performance index is crucial for the energy-efficient design and operation of air
distribution. Heat Removal Efficiency (HRE) is a widely used energy performance index, and …

Improving predicted mean vote with inversely determined metabolic rate

S Zhang, Y Cheng, MO Oladokun, Y Wu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inaccurate thermal comfort prediction would lead to thermal discomfort and energy wastage
of overcooling/overheating. Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) is widely used for thermal comfort …

Ventilation strategies for mitigation of infection disease transmission in an indoor environment: a case study in office

C Ren, HC Zhu, SJ Cao - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the normalization phase of the COVID-19 epidemic, society has gradually reverted to
using building space, especially for public buildings, eg, offices. Prevention of airborne …

Numerical comparison of exhaled particle dispersion under different air distributions for winter heating

T Li, EA Essah, Y Wu, Y Cheng, C Liao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
People pay close attention to prevent and control the airborne transmission of respiratory
diseases, and effective ventilation can reduce the cross-infection risk. Nevertheless, in …

Experimental study of draft-related local discomfort in a room with stratum ventilation

F Cheng, Y Cheng, Z Lin - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Given increased air movement in rooms with stratum ventilation, draft may be a major cause
of local thermal discomfort. However, there was a lack of comprehensive study on the draft …

Modelling indoor environment indicators using artificial neural network in the stratified environments

X Tian, Y Cheng, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Ventilation methods that create stratified environments, eg, stratum ventilation and
displacement ventilation, can achieve a satisfactory indoor environment and energy saving …