Development of ventilation design strategy for effective removal of pollutant in the isolation room of a hospital

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1161-1170

  Cheong, K W D ^a   Phua, S Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airflow; Hospital; Isolation; Modeling; Pollutant; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DISEASES; HOSPITALS; LAMINAR FLOW; REMOVAL;

AIRFLOW; POLLUTANT DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; VENTILATION DESIGN STRATEGY;

VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DISEASES; HOSPITALS; LAMINAR FLOW; REMOVAL; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 33645901560     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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