Air ion behavior in ventilated rooms

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Fletcher, L A ^a   Noakes, C J ^a   Sleigh, P A ^a   Beggs, C B ^b   Shepherd, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air ionizer; Electrical deposition; Indoor air; Negative; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FILTER; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 40549120907     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08089622     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Kerr KG, Beggs CB, Dean SG, Thornton J., Donnelly JK, Todd NJ, Sleigh PA, Qureshi A., Taylor C.: Air ionization and colonisation/ infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter species in an intensive care unit: Int Care Med 2006 ; 32 (2). 315 - 317.
2. Mayya YS, Sapra BK, Khan A., Sunny F.: Aerosol removal by unipolar ionization in indoor environments: J Aerosol Sci 2004 ; 35: 923 - 941.
3. Phillips G., Harris GJ, Jones MW: Effects of air ions on bacterial aerosols: Int J Bacteriol 1964 ; 8: 27 - 37.
4. Kellogg EW, Yost MG, Barthakur N., Kreuger AP: Superoxide involvement in the bactericidal effects of negative air ions on Staphyolcoccus albus: Nature 1979 ; 281 (5730). 400 - 401.
5. Fletcher LA, Gaunt LF, Beggs CB, Shepherd SJ, Sleigh PA, Noakes CJ, Kerr KG: Bactericidal action of positive and negative ions in air: BMC Microbiol 2007 ; 7: 32.
6. Harrison RG: Aerosol charging and radioactivity. PhD thesis, University of London, 1992.
7. Sakata S., Okada T.: Effect of humidity on hydrated cluster-ion formation in a clean room corona discharge neutralizer: J Aerosol Sci 1994 ; 25: 879 - 893.
8. Hawkins LH: Air ions and office health: Occ Health 1982 ; 34 (3). 116 - 124.
9. Lee BU, Yermakov M., Grinshpun SA: Removal of fine and ultrafine particles from indoor air environments by unipolar ion emission: Atmos Environ 2004 ; 38: 4815 - 4823.
10. Grabarczyk Z.: Effectiveness of indoor air cleaning with corona ionizers: J Electrostatics 2001 ; 51 - 52: 278 - 283.
11. Hoppel WA: Ion-aerosol attachment coefficients, ion depletion and the charge distribution on aerosols: J Geophys Res 1985 ; 90: 5917 - 5923.
12. Horrak U.: Air ion mobility spectrum at a rural area. PhD thesis, University of Tartu, Estonia, 2001.
13. Noakes CJ, Sleigh PA, Beggs CB: Modelling the air cleaning performance of negative air ionizers in ventilated rooms. 13-15th June, Roomvent 2007, Helsinki.