Hazards of pollutants and ventilation control strategy in industrial workshops: Current state and future trend

X Zhao, Y Yin - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Industries such as metallurgy, chemical engineering, metal products, building materials,
welding, and nuclear engineering inevitably emit high-strength pollutants (solid and liquid …

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of human upper airway: A review

WM Faizal, NNN Ghazali, CY Khor, IA Badruddin… - Computer methods and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objective Human upper airway (HUA) has been widely investigated by
many researchers covering various aspects, such as the effects of geometrical parameters …

Ventilation control strategy using low-dimensional linear ventilation models and artificial neural network

SJ Cao, C Ren - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Directly using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) for ventilation prediction and
control is time-consuming and data-storage-expensive. Construction of linear system is of …

Seamless numerical analysis of transient infectious droplet dispersion and inhalation exposure-In silico study

T Nishihara, H Li, K Kuga, K Ito - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the problem of airborne transmission caused by droplets/droplet nuclei
containing infectious viruses such as influenza A, tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2, the …

Identification of probabilistic size of breathing zone during single inhalation phase in semi-outdoor environmental scenarios

I Abouelhamd, K Kuga, SJ Yoo, K Ito - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates outdoor public health by predicting the airflow fields and probabilistic
size of breathing zones. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed in …

Breathing zone and exhaled air re‐inhalation rate under transient conditions assessed with a computer‐simulated person

K Kuga, P Wargocki, K Ito - Indoor Air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The breathing zone of an individual indoors is usually defined as a finite region steadily
formed in front of a face. Assuming the steady formation of the breathing zone, we propose a …

Investigation of inhalation and exhalation flow pattern in a realistic human upper airway model by PIV experiments and CFD simulations

X Xu, J Wu, W Weng, M Fu - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, flow field characteristics in the trachea region in a realistic human upper airway
model were firstly measured by particle image velocimetry (PIV) in the air under three …

Review on modeling heat transfer and thermoregulatory responses in human body

M Fu, W Weng, W Chen, N Luo - Journal of thermal biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Several mathematical models of human thermoregulation have been developed,
contributing to a deep understanding of thermal responses in different thermal conditions …

Large eddy simulation study of the airflow characteristics in a human whole-lung airway model

H Jing, H Ge, L Wang, Q Zhou, L Chen, S Choi… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Studying airflow characteristics in the human respiratory system is important for
understanding the properties of the aerosol transport and deposition. This study first …

Towards enabling accurate measurements of CO2 exposure indoors

W Kierat, Z Ai, A Melikov, D Markov… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indoor climate standards recommend maximum CO 2 concentration levels in rooms. At
present the CO 2 exposure of occupants is assessed by measurements in a room's exhaust …