Analysis of efficacy of UVGI inactivation of airborne organisms using Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches

IAQ Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Memarzadeh, Farhad ^a   Jiang, Zheng ^b   Xu, Weiran ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Flomerics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE ORGANISMS; BACTERIA INACTIVATION; EULERIAN; EULERIAN APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GROUP ACTIVITIES; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; LA-GRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN; NEW APPROACHES; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; STEADY STATE; TEST ROOM; ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84874127171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21664870     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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