Ventilation effectiveness as an indicator of occupant exposure to particles from indoor sources

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1214-1224

  Rim, Donghyun ^a   Novoselac, Atila ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor airflow; Occupant exposure; Particles; Source location; Ventilation effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION; AIR MIXING; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; BREATHING ZONES; COARSE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR SOURCES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POLLUTANT SOURCES; QUALITY OF SUPPLY; SOURCE LOCATION; SOURCE POSITION; STAGNATION ZONES; VENTILATED ROOM; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY;

VENTILATION;

AIR EXPOSURE; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; FLOW PATTERN; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 74149085844     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Daisey J.M., Angell W.J., and Apte M.G. Indoor air quality, ventilation and health symptoms in schools: an analysis of existing information. Indoor Air 13 (2003) 53-64
2. Wargocki P., Wyon D.P., Sundell J., Clausen G., and Fanger P.O. The effects of outdoor air supply rate in an office on perceived air quality, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) symptoms and productivity. Indoor Air 10 (2000) 222-236
3. Sherman M.H., and Matson N. Residential ventilation and energy characteristics. ASHRAE Transactions 103 (1997) 717-730
4. Emmerich SJ, Persily AK. Energy impacts of infiltration and ventilation in U.S. Office buildings using multizone airflow simulation. In: Proceedings of IAQ and energy, New Orleans, LA; 1998. p. 191-203.
5. Chung K.C., and Hsu S.P. Effect of ventilation pattern on room air and contaminant distribution. Building and Environment 36 (2001) 989-998
6. Fisk W.J., Faulkner D., Sullivan D., and Bauman F. Air change effectiveness and pollutant removal efficiency during adverse mixing conditions. Indoor Air 7 (1997) 55-63
7. Novoselac A., and Srebric J. Comparison of air exchange efficiency and contaminant removal effectiveness as IAQ indices. ASHRAE Transactions 109 (2003) 339-349
8. Persily A.K., Dols W.S., and Naninger S.J. Air change effectiveness measurements in two modern office buildings. Indoor Air 4 1 (1994) 40-55
9. Kato S., and Yang J.H. Study on inhaled air quality in a personal air-conditioning environment using new scales of ventilation efficiency. Building and Environment 43 (2008) 494-507
10. ASHRAE. ASHRAE standard 129 - measuring air-change effectiveness (2004), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA
11. Kim T., Kato S., and Murakami S. New scales for assessing contribution ratio of pollutant sources to indoor air quality. Indoor and Built Environment 16 (2007) 519-528
12. Pereira M.L., Graudenz G., Tribess A., and Morawska L. Determination of particle concentration in the breathing zone for four different types of office ventilation systems. Building and Environment 44 (2009) 904-911
13. Nazaroff W.W. Indoor particle dynamics. Indoor Air 14 (2004) 175-183
14. Wallace L. Indoor sources of ultrafine and accumulation mode particles: size distributions, size-resolved concentrations, and source strengths. Aerosol Science and Technology 40 5 (2006) 48-360
15. Utell M.J., Frampton M.W., Zareba W., Devlin R.B., and Cascio W.E. Cardiovascular effects associated with air pollution: potential mechanisms and methods of testing. Inhalation Toxicology 14 (2002) 1231-1247
16. Abadie M.O., and Limam K. Numerical evaluation of the particle pollutant homogeneity and mixing time in a ventilated room. Building and Environment 42 (2007) 3848-3854
17. Chang T.J., and Hu T.S. Transport mechanisms of airborne particulate matters in partitioned indoor environment. Building and Environment 43 (2008) 886-895
18. Chung K.C. Three-dimensional analysis of airflow and contaminant particle transport in a partitioned enclosure. Building and Environment 34 (1999) 7-17
19. Lai A.C.K., Wang K., and Chen F.Z. Experimental and numerical study on particle distribution in a two-zone chamber. Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 1717-1726
20. Tian Z.F., Tu J.Y., and Yeoh G.H. CFD studies of indoor airflow and contaminant particle transportation. Particulate Science and Technology 25 (2007) 555-570
21. Zhao B., Zhang Y., Li X.T., Yang X., and Huang D. Comparison of indoor aerosol particle concentration and deposition in different ventilated rooms by numerical method. Building and Environment 39 (2004) 1-8
22. Rim D., and Novoselac A. Transient simulation of airflow and pollutant dispersion under mixing flow and buoyancy driven flow regimes in residential buildings. ASHRAE Transactions 114 2 (2008) 130-142
23. FLUENT. Fluent 6.3 user's guide (2006), Fluent Inc., Lebanon, NH
24. Posner J.D., Buchanan C.R., and Dunn-Rankin D. Measurement and prediction of indoor air flow in a model room. Energy and Buildings 35 5 (2003) 515-526
25. Etheridge D., and Sandberg M. Building ventilation: theory and measurement (1996), Wiley, New York
26. Lai A.C.K., and Nazaroff W.W. Modeling indoor particle deposition from turbulent flow onto smooth surfaces. Journal of Aerosol Science 31 4 (2000) 463-476
27. Lai ACK., Wang K., and Chen F.Z. Experimental and numerical study of particle distribution in a two-zone chamber. Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 1717-1726
28. Zhang A., and Chen Q. Experimental measurements and numerical simulations of particle transport and distribution in ventilated rooms. Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 3396-3408
29. Sørensen D.N., and Neilsen P.V. Quality control of computational fluid dynamics in indoor environments. Indoor Air 13 1 (2003) 2-17
30. Waring M., and Siegel J. Particle loading rates for HVAC filters, heat exchangers, and ducts. Indoor Air 18 3 (2008) 209-224
31. Ferro A.R., Kopperud R.J., and Hildemann L.M. Source strengths for indoor human activities that resuspend particulate matter. Environmental Science and Technology 38 6 (2004) 1759-1764
32. He C.R., Morawska L.D., Hitchins J., and Gilbert D. Contribution from indoor sources to particle number and mass concentrations in residential houses. Atmospheric Environment 38 21 (2004) 3405-3415
33. Sun W., and Ji J. Transport of droplets expelled by coughing in ventilated rooms. Indoor and Built Environment 16 6 (2007) 293-504
34. Zhu S.W., Kato S., and Yang J.H. Study on transport characteristics of saliva droplets produced by coughing in a calm indoor environment. Building and Environment 41 12 (2006) 1691-1702
35. Hinds W.C. Aerosol technology: properties, behavior, and measurement of airborne particles (1999), Wiley, New York
36. ASHRAE. ASHRAE standard 62.1 - ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality (2006), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA
37. Zhao B., and Wu J. Numerical investigation of particle diffusion in a clean room. Indoor and Built Environment 14 6 (2005) 469-479
38. Wallace L.A. Contribution of gas and electric stoves to residential ultrafine particle concentrations between 2 nm and 64 nm: Size distributions and emission and coagulation rates. Environmental Science and Technology 23 (2008) 8641-8646