Using computational fluid dynamics modeling to evaluate the design of hospital ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems for inactivating airborne mycobacteria

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-798

  Xu, Peng ^a   Fisher, Noah ^b   Miller, Shelly L ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84879838526     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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