Effect of room mixing and ventilation strategy on the performance of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems

IAQ Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Noakes, Catherine J ^a   Beggs, Clive B ^a   Sleigh, P Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DISEASE; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; MIXING MODELS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; ROOM AIR; ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATIONS; UV SYSTEMS; VENTILATED SPACES; VENTILATION RATE; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

IRRADIATION; NEONATAL MONITORING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; VENTILATION;

MIXING;

EID: 84874187877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21664870     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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