A review of the offshore oil and gas safety indices

KHD Tang, SZM Dawal, EU Olugu - Safety science, 2018 - Elsevier
Derivation of a performance index demonstrating integrated safety achievement of offshore
oil and gas platforms has not been subject to extensive study. The indices proposed and …

Ventilation impacts on infection risk mitigation, improvement of environmental quality and energy efficiency for subway carriages

C Ren, H Chen, J Wang, Z Feng, SJ Cao - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Subway carriages are enclosed for extended periods of time, with a high density of
passengers. Providing a safe, healthy, and comfortable cabin environment is a great …

Assessment of COVID-19 infection Risk, thermal Comfort, and energy efficiency in negative pressure isolation wards with varied ventilation modes

J Zhang, Y Zhao, S Wen, D Tu, J Liu, S Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Negative pressure isolation wards (NPIWs) play a crucial role in providing care to COVID-19
patients during a pandemic. However, the exhalation of patients releases aerosols …

Solving the coupled aerodynamic and thermal problem for modeling the air distribution devices with perforated plates

S Khovanskyi, I Pavlenko, J Pitel, J Mizakova… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The article is focused on the comprehensive analysis of the aerodynamics of air distribution
devices with the combined heat and mass exchange, with the aim to improve the following …

Coupled thermal comfort control of thermal condition profile of air distribution and thermal preferences

S Zhang, Y Lu, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Air distribution is widely used for thermal comfort. Air distribution is inevitably non-uniform
with some subzones in the occupied zone cooler than the others, and the thermal …

Experimental study on air change effectiveness: improving air distribution with all-air heating systems

H Amai, S Liu, A Novoselac - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
A major challenge of all-air heating applications is poor air distribution, which is often
associated with a high temperature stratification. The two metrics that are commonly used for …

[HTML][HTML] Performance assessment of all-air heating in an office cubicle equipped with an active supply diffuser in a cold climate

M Rabani, HB Madessa, N Nord, P Schild… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Low-temperature space heating systems play a prominent role in improving the indoor air
quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort of energy efficient buildings in cold-climate countries such …

Energy-saving potential in Indian open-plan offices using Micro-Zonal Occupant Centric Control (MZOCC)

JC Jacob, D Pandit, J Sen - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
HVAC energy consumption can be reduced by air-conditioning only the regions which are
occupied. Though occupancy-based smart controllers are common in this regard, they are …

Investigating enhanced thermal comfort and energy efficiency through strategized airflow in Micro-Zonal Occupant-Centric Control (MZOCC)

JC Jacob, D Pandit, J Sen - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The potential of Micro-Zonal Occupant Centric Control (MZOCC) to save HVAC
energy consumption in medium sized open-plan offices has been established in literature …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of thermal environment influenced by the opening and closing of a subway train sliding door

W Zheng, X Wen, J Cai, C Li, D He - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The demand for a comfortable and healthy thermal environment must be considered while
optimizing the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HAVC) system. Therefore, this study …