Modelling the performance of upper room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation devices in ventilated rooms: Comparison of analytical and CFD methods

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 477-488

  Noakes, Catherine J ^a   Beggs, C B ^a   Sleigh, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; CFD; Mixing models; Ultraviolet; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ACINETOBACTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 10844291720     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X04049343     Document Type: Article

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