An experimental study of bioaerosol (1-10 μm) deposition in a ventilated chamber

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-126

  Lai, A C K ^a   Wong, L T ^b   Mui, K W ^b   Chan, W Y ^b   Yu, H C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

1 10 m bioaerosol deposition; Controllable ventilation flow rates; Experimental and numerical analysis; Scaled ventilation chamber

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

BIOAEROSOLS; CONTROLLABLE VENTILATION FLOW RATES; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; SCALED VENTILATION CHAMBERS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATED CHAMBERS; VENTILATED ENVIRONMENTS;

DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PARTICLE SIZE; VENTILATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; RHIZOPUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858804189     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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