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Ventilation Design Optimization for the Hospital Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
The postoperative patients in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) of a hospital are the sources of waste anesthetic...
Ventilation Guidance for Residential Kitchen with Gas Stove
Recently the residential gas stoves were in the News due to the generation of pollutants during their operation....
CFD Analysis of Residential Kitchen Ventilation with Gas Stove
Proper ventilation of the kitchen is essential to reduce the occupant exposure to various pollutants generated during...
CFD Analysis of Demand Control Ventilation for Laboratories
What is Demand Control Ventilation (DCV)? Often high air change rates per hour (ACH) are specified for laboratories to...
CFD Analysis Evaluates Efficacy of Reactive Air Cleaning Technology
What is reactive air cleaning? Reactive air cleaning involves the release of reactive agents in the room to actively...
Design Optimization Using CFD Can Yield Significant Savings in the First and Operating Costs of a Pharmaceutical Cleanroom
Contaminant Control for Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms Pharmaceutical cleanrooms are employed for the manufacturing of...
Can Indoor Airflow Patterns Affect the Upper-Room UVGI Performance?
What is Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) (UV-C)? Upper-room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI)...
Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Design and Optimization of Building HVAC
HVAC for Built Environment The main purpose of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) for buildings is to...
Efficacy of Upper-Room Ultraviolet Germicidal (UV-C) to Control the Probability of Infection Due to Infectious Aerosols
What is Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) (UV-C)? UVGI involves electromagnetic radiation in the UVC band of...
Aerodynamic Containment Can Reduce Spread of Infectious Aerosols
Building Ventilation and Airborne Transmission of Infectious Aerosols Air is the primary carrier of heat, moisture,...
COVID-19 : Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Airflow Assessment and Analysis
Airflow Patterns Matter! The recent COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the effects of space air distribution...
Can Space Volume Adversely Affect the Dilution of Contaminants?
What is Air Changes per Hour (ACH)? Clean air is supplied to indoor spaces to dilute the concentration of contaminants...
Laminar Diffusers – Do They Really Work?
Laminar diffusers are often employed in cleanrooms, hospital operating rooms, laboratories, and similar other spaces...
Hospital Operating Rooms – HVAC Configuration Matters!
This is a follow-up to the previous post on airflow patterns in hospital operating room (OR). Previous Computational...
Displacement Ventilation For Hospital Patient Room
In displacement ventilation systems, as opposed to the traditional overhead supply mixing ventilation systems, cold...
Laboratory Ventilation
The purpose of laboratory ventiliation systems is to minimize the risk of chemical exposure and fire hazard, as well...