New ventilation design criteria for energy sustainability and indoor air quality in a post Covid-19 scenario

A Buonomano, C Forzano, GF Giuzio… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 outbreak raised great attention to the importance of indoor air quality in
buildings. Even if the Covid-19 epidemic is nearing an end, all stakeholders agree that …

Experimental studies on airborne transmission in hospitals: A systematic review

TW Tsang, LT Wong, KW Mui - Indoor and Built Environment, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Experimental studies can provide understanding, knowledge and real-case empirical
evidence on the effects of building ventilation and environmental factors on airborne …

Dispersion of expectorated cough droplets with seasonal influenza in an office

LK Norvihoho, H Li, ZF Zhou, J Yin, SY Chen… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We do not fully grasp viral droplet transmission processes in ventilated interior
environments. The core focus of our research is to investigate the effectiveness of the …

A modified decay method based on a proposed uniformity index for measuring air change rates in non-uniform air mixed spaces

I Reda, E Ali, D Qi, LL Wang, T Stathopoulos… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building ventilation is essential during COVID-19 to reduce airborne viral transmission risks,
while accurately estimating air change rates remains quite challenging. Due to the tracer …

Comparative evaluation of air distribution systems for controlling the airborne infection risk in indoor environments

IH Hatif, HM Kamar, N Kamsah, KY Wong - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Air distribution systems are essential for controlling indoor airborne cross-infection risks.
However, there is no consensus on the most effective system. This study compares the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulations of the flow and aerosol dispersion in a violent expiratory event: Outcomes of the “2022 International Computational Fluid Dynamics …

J Pallares, A Fabregat, A Lavrinenko… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents and discusses the results of the “2022 International Computational Fluid
Dynamics Challenge on violent expiratory events” aimed at assessing the ability of different …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol exchange between pressure-equilibrium rooms induced by door motion and human movement

M Zheng, Y Fan, X Li, D Lester, X Chen, Y Li… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is now widely recognised that aerosol transport is major vector for transmission of diseases
such as COVID-19, and quantification of aerosol transport in the built environment is critical …

Towards optimal design of patient isolation units in emergency rooms to prevent airborne virus transmission: From computational fluid dynamics to data-driven …

JH Lee, JW Shim, MH Lim, C Baek, B Jeon… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Patient isolation units (PIUs) can be an effective method for effective
infection control. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is commonly used for PIU design; …

Non-uniform state-based Markov chain model to improve the accuracy of transient contaminant transport prediction

X Ding, H Zhang, W Zhang, Y Xuan - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid prediction of indoor airborne contaminant distribution is crucial for controlling indoor
air quality. Markov chain technology, which uses matrix multiplication, is computationally …

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in airports based on real human close contact behaviors

X Yang, Z Dou, Y Ding, B Su, H Qian… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted people's daily lives for over three years.
Airports, with their dense population and frequent close contact, pose a higher risk of …