CFD study of exhaled droplet transmission between occupants under different ventilation strategies in a typical office room

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-408

  He, Qibin ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^b   Gao, Naiping ^a   Zhu, Tong ^a   Wu, Jiazheng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aerosol transmission; Eulerian drift flux method; Exhaled droplets; Ventilation strategy

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL TRANSMISSION; AIR DISTRIBUTION; AIR FLOW-RATE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; ENHANCED MIXING; EULERIAN; EXHALED DROPLETS; INTAKE FRACTION (IF); MIXING VENTILATION; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; PROS AND CONS; TRACER GAS; TV SYSTEMS; UNIFORMITY INDEX; VENTILATION STRATEGY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROP FORMATION; NEONATAL MONITORING;

VENTILATION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; TRACER; VENTILATION;

EID: 77957777226     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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