Hathway, E.A., Sleigh, P.A. and Noakes, C.J. (2007) CFD modelling of transient pathogen release in indoor environments due to human activity. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms - Roomvent 2007. Roomvent 2007, 13-15 Jun 2007, Helsinki. , Helsinki ISBN 978-952-99905-2-8
Abstract
Certain routine hospital activities have been identified as a potential source for the airborne dispersal of micro-organisms. With increasing use of CFD to model hospital situations a method of modelling this type of spread within a simple steady state model is required. Since this type of dispersal will vary with space and time a single point source would not provide adequate information to represent these sources. Instead a zonal bioaerosol source is introduced to represent the time average of the varying release from the activity. In this paper, data from experiments conducted in a bioaerosol test chamber are compared to CFD results. Numerical validation is also carried out comparing the zonal source to an equivalent transient source. The results indicate that the zonal source provides excellent comparison to the time averaged behaviour of a moving source, but greatly underestimates the maximum value at any one location.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Inst for Pathogen Control Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Ms Caroline Wilson |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2009 18:00 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2022 13:20 |
Status: | Published |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7699 |