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Natural ventilation in warm climates: The challenges of thermal comfort, heatwave resilience and indoor air quality

open access: yes, 2021
In buildings, energy is primarily consumed by mechanical air conditioning systems. Low energy alternatives, such as natural ventilation, are needed.
T. Ahmed   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Indoor Air Quality in Elderly Centers: Pollutants Emission and Health Effects

open access: yesEnvironments, 2022
The world population is ageing, in particular in the developed world, with a significant increase in the percentage of people above 60 years old. They represent a segment of the population that is more vulnerable to adverse environmental conditions ...
T. Mata   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Simulation Study of the Capture and Purification Performance of Exhaust Fume Systems in Chinese Commercial Kitchens—Case Study in Tianjin

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
A Chinese commercial kitchen fume exhaust (CCKEF) system mainly consists of a wall-mounted canopy hood, air duct and terminal electrostatic purifiers, the capture and purification performance of which should be guaranteed to obtain satisfactory indoor ...
Awen Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Numerical Analysis on Performance of Different Ceiling Coverage of fan Filter Units in Semiconductor Fabs [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2022
In practical semiconductor fabs engineering, in order to reduce the investment cost, low coverage rate of FFUs is usually adopted and the air supply velocity is high, which brings high resistance to the filter mounted at FFU’s outlet. If a higher ceiling
Zhao Jiaan, Li Xianting, Xu Wei
doaj   +1 more source

Outdoor-indoor air pollution in urban environment: challenges and opportunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
With the continual improvement in our quality of life, indoor air quality has become an important area of concern in the twenty-first century. Indoor air quality is affected by many factors including the type and running conditions of indoor pollution ...
Leung, DYC
core   +1 more source

Internet of Things (IoT) Based Indoor Air Quality Sensing and Predictive Analytic—A COVID-19 Perspective

open access: yesElectronics, 2021
Indoor air quality typically encompasses the ambient conditions inside buildings and public facilities that may affect both the mental and respiratory health of an individual.
Rafia Mumtaz   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Modified Surgical Face Mask to Improve Protection and Wearing Comfort

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Wearing face masks is essential for reducing infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, ordinary surgical face masks can provide only moderate protection.
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Aisle Displacement Ventilation System for Twin-Aisle Commercial Airliner Cabin [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The environmental control system in most commercial airliner cabins supplies air from shoulder and ceiling level and exhausts air at floor level on both sides of the cabin walls. The ventilation system mixes air in the cabins to create a relative uniform
Wang Feng, Chen Fan, Zhang Tengfei (Tim)
doaj   +1 more source

Numerical Modeling of Cross-Transmission of Airborne Pollutants in a High-Rise Building Induced by Elevator Car Movement

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
An elevator shaft provides passage for air exchange across floors and thus imposes infectious disease transmission risk. The moving elevator car generates positive air pressure in the shaft section to which the car approaches, while negative air pressure
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic Performance Analysis for an Absorption Chiller under Different Working Conditions

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2017
Due to the merits of energy saving and environmental protection, the absorption chiller (AC) has attracted a lot of attention, and previous studies only concentrated on the dynamic response of the AC under a single working condition. However, the working
Jian Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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