The effectiveness of an air cleaner in controlling droplet/aerosol particle dispersion emitted from a patient's mouth in the indoor environment of dental clinics

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 1105-1118

  Chen, Chun ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Cui, Weilin ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   An, Na ^b   Ouyang, Xiangying ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Air cleaner; Computational fluid dynamics; Dental clinic; Droplets; Indoor environment

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LOCATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REMOVAL; VENTILATION;

AEROSOL CONTAMINATION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR VELOCITIES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; CONTROL MEASURES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PARTICLE REMOVAL; PARTICLE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE SOURCE; RELATIVE LOCATION; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR CLEANERS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENTAL CLINIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILTER; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 77954485555     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0516     Document Type: Article

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