Dissertations / Theses: 'Indoor air and particle flow'

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Tian, Zhaofeng, and rmit tian@gmail com. "Numerical Modelling of Turbulent Gas-Particle Flow and Its Applications." RMIT University. Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080528.150211.

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The aim of this thesis is three-fold: i) to investigate the performance of both the Eulerian-Lagrangian model and the Eulerian-Eulerian model to simulate the turbulent gas-particle flow; ii) to investigate the indoor airflows and contaminant particle flows using the Eulerian-Lagrangian model; iii) to develop and validate particle-wall collision models and a wall roughness model for the Eulerian-Lagrangian model and to utilize these models to investigate the effects of wall roughness on the particle flows. Firstly, the Eulerian-Lagrangian model in the software package FLUENT (FLUENT Inc.) and the Eulerian-Eulerian model in an in-house research code were employed to simulate the gas-particle flows. The validation against the measurement for two-phase flow over backward facing step and in a 90-degree bend revealed that both CFD approaches provide reasonably good prediction for both the gas and particle phases. Then, the Eulerian-Lagrangian model was employed to investigate the indoor airflows and contaminant particle concentration in two geometrically different rooms. For the first room configuration, the performances of three turbulence models for simulating indoor airflow were evaluated and validated against the measured air phase velocity data. All the three turbulence models provided good prediction of the air phase velocity, while the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model base on the Renormalization Group theory (RNG) provided the best agreement with the measurements. As well, the RNG LES model is able to provide the instantaneous air velocity and turbulence that are required for the evaluation and design of the ventilation system. In the other two-zone ventilated room configuration, contaminant particle concentration decay within the room was simulated and validated against the experimental data using the RNG LES model together with the Lagrangian model. The numerical results revealed that the particle-wall coll ision model has a considerable effect on the particle concentration prediction in the room. This research culminates with the development and implementation of particle-wall collision models and a stochastic wall roughness model in the Eulerian-Lagrangian model. This Eulerian-Lagrangian model was therefore used to simulate the gas-particle flow over an in-line tube bank. The numerical predictions showed that the wall roughness has a considerable effect by altering the rebounding behaviours of the large particles and consequently affecting the particles motion downstream along the in-line tube bank and particle impact frequency on the tubes. Also, the results demonstrated that for the large particles the particle phase velocity fluctuations are not influenced by the gas-phase fluctuations, but are predominantly determined by the particle-wall collision. For small particles, the influence of particle-wall collisions on the particle fluctuations can be neglected. Then, the effects of wall roughness on the gas-particle flow in a two-dimensional 90-degree bend were investigated. It was found that the wa ll roughness considerably altered the rebounding behaviours of particles by significantly reducing the 'particle free zone' and smoothing the particle number density profiles. The particle mean velocities were reduced and the particle fluctuating velocities were increased when taking into consideration the wall roughness, since the wall roughness produced greater randomness in the particle rebound velocities and trajectories.

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Kanaani, Hussein. "Real time detectionof airborne fungal spores and investigations into their dynamics in indoor air." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/30350/.

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Concern regarding the health effects of indoor air quality has grown in recent years, due to the increased prevalence of many diseases, as well as the fact that many people now spend most of their time indoors. While numerous studies have reported on the dynamics of aerosols indoors, the dynamics of bioaerosols in indoor environments are still poorly understood and very few studies have focused on fungal spore dynamics in indoor environments. Consequently, this work investigated the dynamics of fungal spores in indoor air, including fungal spore release and deposition, as well as investigating the mechanisms involved in the fungal spore fragmentation process. In relation to the investigation of fungal spore dynamics, it was found that the deposition rates of the bioaerosols (fungal propagules) were in the same range as the deposition rates of nonbiological particles and that they were a function of their aerodynamic diameters. It was also found that fungal particle deposition rates increased with increasing ventilation rates. These results (which are reported for the first time) are important for developing an understanding of the dynamics of fungal spores in the air. In relation to the process of fungal spore fragmentation, important information was generated concerning the airborne dynamics of the spores, as well as the part/s of the fungi which undergo fragmentation. The results obtained from these investigations into the dynamics of fungal propagules in indoor air significantly advance knowledge about the fate of fungal propagules in indoor air, as well as their deposition in the respiratory tract. The need to develop an advanced, real-time method for monitoring bioaerosols has become increasingly important in recent years, particularly as a result of the increased threat from biological weapons and bioterrorism. However, to date, the Ultraviolet Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (UVAPS, Model 3312, TSI, St Paul, MN) is the only commercially available instrument capable of monitoring and measuring viable airborne micro-organisms in real-time. Therefore (for the first time), this work also investigated the ability of the UVAPS to measure and characterise fungal spores in indoor air. The UVAPS was found to be sufficiently sensitive for detecting and measuring fungal propagules. Based on fungal spore size distributions, together with fluorescent percentages and intensities, it was also found to be capable of discriminating between two fungal spore species, under controlled laboratory conditions. In the field, however, it would not be possible to use the UVAPS to differentiate between different fungal spore species because the different micro-organisms present in the air may not only vary in age, but may have also been subjected to different environmental conditions. In addition, while the real-time UVAPS was found to be a good tool for the investigation of fungal particles under controlled conditions, it was not found to be selective for bioaerosols only (as per design specifications). In conclusion, the UVAPS is not recommended for use in the direct measurement of airborne viable bioaerosols in the field, including fungal particles, and further investigations into the nature of the micro-organisms, the UVAPS itself and/or its use in conjunction with other conventional biosamplers, are necessary in order to obtain more realistic results. Overall, the results obtained from this work on airborne fungal particle dynamics will contribute towards improving the detection capabilities of the UVAPS, so that it is capable of selectively monitoring and measuring bioaerosols, for which it was originally designed. This work will assist in finding and/or improving other technologies capable of the real-time monitoring of bioaerosols. The knowledge obtained from this work will also be of benefit in various other bioaerosol applications, such as understanding the transport of bioaerosols indoors.

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Funes-Gallanzi, Marcelo. "Unsteady flow measurements in air using particle image velocimetry." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307299.

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Saxena, Gaurav. "Air flow separation over wind generated waves." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 235 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1251900711&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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He, Congrong. "Airborne Particles in Indoor Residential Environment: Source Contribution, Characteristics, Concentration, and Time Variability." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16017/.

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The understanding of human exposure to indoor particles of all sizes is important to enable exposure control and reduction, but especially for smaller particles since the smaller particles have a higher probability of penetration into the deeper parts of the respiratory tract and also contain higher levels of trace elements and toxins. Due to the limited understanding of the relationship between particle size and the health effects they cause, as well as instrument limitations, the available information on submicrometer (d < 1.0 µm) particles indoors, both in terms of mass and number concentrations, is still relatively limited. This PhD project was conducted as part of the South-East Queensland Air Quality program and Queensland Housing Study aimed at providing a better understanding of ambient particle concentrations within the indoor environment with a focus on exposure assessment and control. This PhD project was designed to investigate comprehensively the sources and sinks of indoor aerosol particles and the relationship between indoor and outdoor aerosol particles, particle and gaseous pollutant, as well as the association between indoor air pollutants and house characteristics by using, analysing and interpreting existing experimental data which were collected before this project commenced, as well as data from additional experiments which were designed and conducted for the purpose of this project. The focus of this research was on submicrometer particles with a diameter between 0.007 - 0.808 µm. The main outcome of this project may be summarised as following: * A comprehensive review of particle concentration levels and size distributions characteristics in the residential and non-industrial workplace environments was conducted. This review included only those studies in which more general trends were investigated, or could be concluded based on information provided in the papers. This review included four parts: 1) outdoor particles and their effect on indoor environments; 2) the relationship between indoor and outdoor concentration levels in the absence of indoor sources for naturally ventilated buildings; 3) indoor sources of particles: contribution to indoor concentration levels and the effect on I/O ratios for naturally ventilated buildings; and 4) indoor/outdoor relationship in mechanically ventilated buildings. * The relationship between indoor and outdoor airborne particles was investigated for sixteen residential houses in Brisbane, Australia, in the absence of operating indoor sources. Comparison of the ratios of indoor to outdoor particle concentrations revealed that while temporary values of the ratio vary in a broad range from 0.2 to 2.5 for both lower and higher ventilation conditions, average values of the ratios were very close to one regardless of ventilation conditions and of particle size range. The ratios were in the range from 0.78 to 1.07 for submicrometer particles, from 0.95 to 1.0 for supermicrometer particles and from 1.01 to 1.08 for PM2.5 fraction. Comparison of the time series of indoor to outdoor particle concentrations showed a clear positive relationship existing for many houses under normal ventilation conditions (estimated to be about and above 2 h-1), but not under minimum ventilation conditions (estimated to be about and below 1 h-1). These results suggest that for normal ventilation conditions and in the absence of operating indoor sources, outdoor particle concentrations could be used to predict instantaneous indoor particle concentrations but not for minium ventilation, unless air exchange rate is known, thus allowing for estimation of the "delay constant". * Diurnal variation of indoor submicrometer particle number and particle mass (approximation of PM2.5) concentrations was investigated in fifteen of the houses. The results show that there were clear diurnal variations in both particle number and approximation of PM2.5 concentrations, for all the investigated houses. The pattern of diurnal variations varied from house to house, however, there was always a close relationship between the concentration and human indoor activities. The average number and mass concentrations during indoor activities were (18.2±3.9)×10³ particles cm-³ and (15.5±7.9) µg m-³ respectively, and under non-activity conditions, (12.4±2.7)x10³ particles cm-³ (11.1±2.6) µg m-³, respectively. In general, there was a poor correlation between mass and number concentrations and the correlation coefficients were highly variable from day to day and from house to house. This implies that conclusions cannot be drawn about either one of the number or mass concentration characteristics of indoor particles, based on measurement of the other. The study also showed that it is unlikely that particle concentrations indoors could be represented by measurements conducted at a fixed monitoring station due to the large impact of indoor and local sources. * Emission characteristics of indoor particle sources in fourteen residential houses were quantified. In addition, characterizations of particles resulting from cooking conducted in an identical way in all the houses were measured. All the events of elevated particle concentrations were linked to indoor activities using house occupants diary entries, and catalogued into 21 different types of indoor activities. This enabled quantification of the effect of indoor sources on indoor particle concentrations as well as quantification of emission rates from the sources. For example, the study found that frying, grilling, stove use, toasting, cooking pizza, smoking, candle vaporizing eucalyptus oil and fan heater use, could elevate the indoor submicrometer particle number concentration levels by more than 5 times, while PM2.5 concentrations could be up to 3, 30 and 90 times higher than the background levels during smoking, frying and grilling, respectively. * Indoor particle deposition rates of size classified particles in the size range from 0.015 to 6 µm were quantified. Particle size distribution resulting from cooking, repeated under two different ventilation conditions in 14 houses, as well as changes to particle size distribution as a function of time, were measured using a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS), an aerodynamic particle sizer (APS), and a DustTrak. Deposition rates were determined by regression fitting of the measured size-resolved particle number and PM2.5 concentration decay curves, and accounting for air exchange rate. The measured deposition rates were shown to be particle size dependent and they varied from house to house. The lowest deposition rates were found for particles in the size range from 0.2 to 0.3 µm for both minimum (air exchange rate: 0.61±0.45 h-1) and normal (air exchange rate: 3.00±1.23 h-1) ventilation conditions. The results of statistical analysis indicated that ventilation condition (measured in terms of air exchange rate) was an important factor affecting deposition rates for particles in the size range from 0.08 to 1.0 µm, but not for particles smaller than 0.08 µm or larger than 1.0 µm. Particle coagulation was assessed to be negligible compared to the two other processes of removal: ventilation and deposition. This study of particle deposition rates, the largest conducted so far in terms of the number of residential houses investigated, demonstrated trends in deposition rates comparable with studies previously reported, usually for significantly smaller samples of houses (often only one). However, the results compare better with studies which, similarly to this study, investigated cooking as a source of particles (particle sources investigated in other studies included general activity, cleaning, artificial particles, etc). * Residential indoor and outdoor 48 h average levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), 48h indoor submicrometer particle number concentration and the approximation of PM2.5 concentrations were measured simultaneously for fourteen houses. Statistical analyses of the correlation between indoor and outdoor pollutants (NO2 and particles) and the association between house characteristics and indoor pollutants were conducted. The average indoor and outdoor NO2 levels were 13.8 ± 6.3 ppb and 16.7 ± 4.2 ppb, respectively. The indoor/outdoor NO2 concentration ratio ranged from 0.4 to 2.3, with a median value of 0.82. Despite statistically significant correlations between outdoor and fixed site NO2 monitoring station concentrations (p = 0.014, p = 0.008), there was no significant correlation between either indoor and outdoor NO2 concentrations (p = 0.428), or between indoor and fixed site NO2 monitoring station concentrations (p = 0.252, p = 0.465,). However, there was a significant correlation between indoor NO2 concentration and indoor submicrometer aerosol particle number concentrations (p = 0.001), as well as between indoor PM2.5 and outdoor NO2 (p = 0.004). These results imply that the outdoor or fixed site monitoring concentration alone is a poor predictor of indoor NO2 concentration. * Analysis of variance indicated that there was no significant association between indoor PM2.5 and any of the house characteristics investigated (p > 0.05). However, associations between indoor submicrometer particle number concentration and some house characteristics (stove type, water heater type, number of cars and condition of paintwork) were significant at the 5% level. Associations between indoor NO2 and some house characteristics (house age, stove type, heating system, water heater type and floor type) were also significant (p < 0.05). The results of these analyses thus strongly suggest that the gas stove, gas heating system and gas water heater system are main indoor sources of indoor submicrometer particle and NO2 concentrations in the studied residential houses. The significant contributions of this PhD project to the knowledge of indoor particle included: 1) improving an understanding of indoor particles behaviour in residential houses, especially for submicrometer particle; 2) improving an understanding of indoor particle source and indoor particle sink characteristics, as well as their effects on indoor particle concentration levels in residential houses; 3) improving an understanding of the relationship between indoor and outdoor particles, the relationship between particle mass and particle number, correlation between indoor NO2 and indoor particles, as well as association between indoor particle, NO2 and house characteristics.

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Beausoleil-Morrison, Ian David. "The adaptive coupling of heat and air flow modelling within dynamic whole-building simulation." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2000. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21137.

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This thesis is concerned with advancing the modelling of indoor air flow and internal surface convection within dynamic whole-building simulation. The path taken is the conflation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques with dynamic whole-building simulation, with an accurate treatment of the co-dependencies between these modelling domains. Two flow responsive modelling techniques were devised and implemented within the ESP-r simulation program to achieve the research objectives. The adaptive convection algorithm enhances ESP-r's thermal simulation domain by dynamically controlling the simulation of internal surface convection. Empirical methods were extracted from the literature and a new method for characterizing mixed flow convective regimes was created to provide the algorithm with a basis of 28 convection coefficient correlations. Collectively these methods can calculate convection coefficients for most flows of practical interest. Working with this suite of correlations, the algorithm assigns appropriate equations to each internal surface and adapts the selection in response to the room's evolving flow regime. The adaptive conflation controller manages all interactions between the thermal and CFD modelling domains. The controller incorporates the latest turbulence modelling advancements applicable for room air flow simulation and possesses a suite of handshaking and thermal boundary condition treatments. The job of this adaptive conflation controller is to monitor the evolving thermal and air flow conditions in the room and dynamically select an appropriate combination of modelling approaches for the prevailing conditions. The two control schemes implemented to demonstrate the controller make use of a double-pass modelling approach. Each time-step that the thermal domain handshakes with CFD, the adaptive conflation controller performs an investigative simulation to approximate the room's flow and temperature field. Using these estimates, the controller calculates dimensionless groupings to determine the nature of the flow (forced, buoyant, mixed, fully turbulent, weakly turbulent) adjacent to each internal surface. This information is used to select suitable boundary condition treatments for each surface. A second CFD simulation is then performed using the refined modelling approach to more accurately resolve the room's air flow and temperature distribution, and to predict surface convection. In order to protect the thermal domain, a two-stage screening process is used to assess (and where necessary reject) the CFD-predicted surface convection estimates. These adaptive modelling techniques advance the modelling of indoor air flow and internal surface convection within whole-building simulation.

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Doucet, Daniel Joseph. "Measurements of Air Flow Velocities in Microchannels Using Particle Image Velocimetry." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1333675768.

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Segal, Rebecca Anne. "Patterns of air flow and particle deposition in the diseased human lung." NCSU, 2001. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-20010702-165013.

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SEGAL, REBECCA ANNE. Patterns of air flow and particle depositionin the diseased human lung. (Under the direction of Michael Shearer.)In this work, we investigate particle deposition and air flow in thehuman lung. In particular we are interested in how the motion ofparticulate matter and air is affected by the presence of lungdisease. Patients with compromised lung function are more sensitiveto air pollution; understanding the extent of that sensitivity canlead to more effective air quality standards. Also, understanding ofair flow andparticle trajectories could lead to the development of better aerosoldrugs to treat the lung diseases.We focus our efforts on twodiseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchialtumors. Because COPD affects the majority of airways in a patientwith the disease, we are able to take a more global approach toanalyzing the effects of the disease. Using a FORTRAN codewhich computes total deposition in the lung over the course of onebreath, we modified the pre-existing code to account forthe difference between healthy subjects and patients with COPD. Usingthe model, itwas possible to isolate the different disease components of COPD andsimulate their effects separately. It was determined thatthe chronic bronchitis component of COPD was responsible for the increaseddeposition seen in COPD patients.While COPD affects the whole lung, tumors tend to belocalized to one or several airways. This led us to investigate theeffects of bronchial tumors in detail within these individualairways. Using a computational fluid dynamics package, FIDAP, wedefined a Weibel type branching network of airways.In particular, we modeled theairways of a four-year-old child.In the work with the tumors, we ran numerous simulations with variousinitial velocities and tumor locations. It was determined that tumorslocated on the carinal ridge had the dominant effect on the flow. Athigher initial velocities, areas of circulation developed downstreamfrom the tumors. Extensive simulations were run with a 2-D model. Theresults from the 2-D model were then compared with some initial 3-Dsimulations.In the development of the FIDAP model, we avoided thecomplications of flow past the larynx, by limiting the model togenerations 2-5 of the Weibel lung. We developed a realistic inletvelocity profile to be used as the input into the model. The skewednature ofthis inlet profile led to thequestion of boundary layer development and the determination of theentrance length needed to achieve fully developed parabolicflow. Simple scale analysis of the Navier-Stokes equations did notcapture the results we were seeing with the CFD simulations.We turned to a more quantitative, energy correctionanalysis to determine the theoretical entrance length.In conclusion, the presence of disease in the lunghas a large effect both on global deposition patterns and on localizedairflow patterns. This indicates the need for different protocolsregarding susceptibility of people to airborne pollutants that take intoaccount lung disease. It also suggests that treatment should accountfor changes in airflow in the diseased lung.

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Henning, James C. "MEASUREMENT OF AIR FLOW VELOCITIES IN MICROSIZED IONIC WIND PUMPS USING PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCEMITRY." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1365424846.

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Johnson, Neil G. "Vision-Assisted Control of a Hovering Air Vehicle in an Indoor Setting." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2430.pdf.

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Delbosc, Nicolas. "Real-time simulation of indoor air flow using the lattice Boltzmann method on graphics processing unit." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13546/.

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This thesis investigates the usability of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for the simulation of indoor air flows in real-time. It describes the work undertaken during the three years of a Ph.D. study in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds, England. Real-time fluid simulation, i.e. the ability to simulate a virtual system as fast as the real system would evolve, can benefit to many engineering application such as the optimisation of the ventilation system design in data centres or the simulation of pollutant transport in hospitals. And although real-time fluid simulation is an active field of research in computer graphics, these are generally focused on creating visually appealing animation rather than aiming for physical accuracy. The approach taken for this thesis is different as it starts from a physics based model, the lattice Boltzmann method, and takes advantage of the computational power of a graphics processing unit (GPU) to achieve real-time compute capability while maintaining good physical accuracy. The lattice Boltzmann method is reviewed and detailed references are given a variety of models. Particular attention is given to turbulence modelling using the Smagorinsky model in LBM for the simulation of high Reynolds number flow and the coupling of two LBM simulations to simulate thermal flows under the Boussinesq approximation. A detailed analysis of the implementation of the LBM on GPU is conducted. A special attention is given to the optimisation of the algorithm, and the program kernel is shown to achieve a performance of up to 1.5 billion lattice node updates per second, which is found to be sufficient for coarse real-time simulations. Additionally, a review of the real-time visualisation integrated within the program is presented and some of the techniques for automated code generation are introduced. The resulting software is validated against benchmark flows, using their analytical solutions whenever possible, or against other simulation results obtained using accepted method from classical computational fluid dynamics (CFD) either as published in the literature or simulated in-house. The LBM is shown to resolve the flow with similar accuracy and in less time.

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Wan, Man Pun. "Indoor transport of human expiratory droplets in association with airborne infectious disease transmission using a multiphase-flow approach /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MECH%202006%20WAN.

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Li, Huafeng, and s3024014@student rmit edu au. "Numerical and experimental studies of air and particle flow in the realistic human upper airway models." RMIT University. Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, 2010. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100205.145548.

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The human upper airway structure provides access of ambient air to the lower respiratory tract, and it as an efficient filter to cleanse inspired air of dust bacteria, and other environmental pollutants. When air passes through airway passages, it constantly changes direction, which may lead to flow separation, recirculation, secondary flow and shear stress variations along the airway surface. Therefore, it is essential to understanding the air transport processes within the upper airway system. The functions are respiratory defence mechanisms that protecting the delicate tissues of the lower airway from the often harsh conditions of the ambient air. While protecting the lower respiratory system, however, the upper airway itself becomes susceptible to various lesions and infections from filtration of environmental pollutants. Inhaled particle pollutants have been implicated as a potential cause of respiratory diseases. In contrast, inhalation of drug particles de posited directly to the lung periphery results in rapid absorption across bronchopulmonary mucosal membranes and reduction of the adverse reactions in the therapy of asthma and other respiratory disorders. For this purpose, it is desirable that the particles should not deposit in the upper airways before reaching the lung periphery. Therefore, accurate prediction of local and regional pattern of inhaled particle deposition in the human upper airway should provide useful information to clinical researchers in assessing the pathogenic potential and possibly lead to innovation in inhalation therapies. With the development of the increasing computer power and advancement of modeling software, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique to study dilute gas-particle flow problems is gradually becoming an attractive investigative tool. This research will provide a more complete picture of the detailed physical processes within the human upper airway system. Owing to the significant advancements in computer technologies, it will allow us to efficiently construct a full-scaled model integrating the various functional biological elements including the nasal, oral, laryngeal and more generations of the bifurcation of the human upper airway system through imagining methodologies. A significant advantage of this human model is that the differences in airway morphology and ventilation parameters that exist between healthy and diseased airways, and other factors, can be accommodated. This model will provide extensive experimental and numerical studies to probe significant insights to the particle deposition characte ristics within the complex airway passages and better understanding of any important phenomena associated with the fluid-particle flow. It will also lead to an improved understanding of fluid/particle transport under realistic physiological conditions. New concepts and numerical models to capture the main features observed in the experimental program and innovative techniques will be formulated. The ability to numerically model and a better physical understanding of the complex phenomena associated with the fluid dynamics and biological processes will be one of the major medical contributions especially targeting drug delivery and health risk analysis. Its biomedical engineering significance lies in the fact that this will enable us to accurately evaluate potential biological effects by the inhaled drug particles, facilitating new drug research and development.

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Cox, Jennie D. "Evaluation of Indoor Aerosol and Bioaerosol Methods and a HEPA Intervention." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522312779209054.

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Kumar, Anil. "Estimation and Mapping of Ship Air Wakes using RC Helicopters as a Sensing Platform." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82910.

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This dissertation explores the applicability of RC helicopters as a tool to map wind conditions. This dissertation presents the construction of a robust instrumentation system capable of wireless in-situ measurement and mapping of ship airwake. The presented instrumentation system utilizes an RC helicopter as a carrier platform and uses the helicopter's dynamics for spatial 3D mapping of wind turbulence. The system was tested with a YP676 naval training craft to map ship airwake generated in controlled heading wind conditions. Novel system modeling techniques were developed to estimate the dynamics of an instrumented RC helicopter, in conjunction with onboard sensing, to estimate spatially varying (local) wind conditions. The primary problem addressed in this dissertation is the reliable estimation and separation of pilot induced dynamics from the system measurements, followed by the use of the dynamics residuals/discrepancies to map the wind conditions. This dissertation presents two different modelling approaches to quantify ship airwake using helicopter dynamics. The helicopter systems were characterized using both machine learning and analytical aerodynamic modelling approaches. In the machine learning based approaches, neural networks, along with other models, were trained then assessed in their capability to model dynamics from pilot inputs and other measured helicopter states. The dynamics arising from the wind conditions were fused with the positioning estimates of the helicopter to generate ship airwake maps which were compared against CFD generated airwake patterns. In the analytical modelling based approach, the dynamic response of an RC helicopter to a spatially varying parameterized wind field was modeled using a 30-state nonlinear ordinary differential equation-based dynamic system, while capturing essential elements of the helicopter dynamics. The airwake patterns obtained from both types of approach were compared against anemometrically produced wind maps of turbulent wind conditions artificially generated in a controlled indoor environment. Novel hardware architecture was developed to acquire data critical for the operation and calibration of the proposed system. The mechatronics design of three prototypes of the proposed system were presented and performance evaluated using experimental testing with a modified YP676 naval training vessel in the Chesapeake Bay area. In closing, qualitative analysis of these systems along with potential applications and improvements are discussed to conclude this dissertation.
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Kucukal, Erdem. "EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FLUID FLOW INSIDE A HYDROCYCLONE SEPARATOR WITHOUT AN AIR CORE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1424174590.

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Ljung, Sebastian. "CFD simulation of particle matter inside an automotive car and the purification efficiency of cabin air purifier." Thesis, KTH, Hållbara byggnader, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-257682.

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The purpose of this thesis work was to study the airflow patterns and the particle distribution in a generic car cabin in order to evaluate the air quality and find how it can be improved. A 3D CAD model was created using the Solidworks software program and meshed using ICEM CFD software. The ICEM CFD software was used to generate the mesh and ANSYS FLUENT was adapted for the simulation. In total, 12 different cases were simulated by considering different inlet velocities and vent setup. The predicted results were further used to analyze the airflow and particle distribution in the entire car cabin. With higher inlet velocity there were more particles being transported to the rear part of the cabin. In general, the particle concentration was higher in the front of the cabin when they were introduced through the inlets, especially with low inlet velocities. Opening the recirculation vents resulted in a slight reduction of the flow to the rear side and reduced the particle distribution accordingly. When smoke particles were introduced in the rear seats, they mostly stayed in the rear of the cabin, especially with low inlet flow velocities as the air did not mix sufficiently. Overall a higher inlet airflow velocity reduced the number of particles that were trapped on the front and rear seats. However, an increase in the number of particles that were trapped on the ceiling, floor and walls were obtained.
Syftet med den här avhandlingen var att studera luftflödesmönster och partikelfördelningen i en generell bilkabin för att utvärdera luftkvaliteten och se hur man kan förbättra den. En 3D CAD-modell skapades med hjälp av Solidworks och ett rutnät skapades med hjälp av ICEM CFD. ICEM CFD användes för att generera rutnätet och ANSYS FLUENT användes för simuleringarna. Totalt simulerades 12 olika fall bestående av olika inflödeshastigheter och ventilinställningar. De beräknade resultaten användes sedan för att analysera luftflödet och partikelfördelningen i hela bilkabinen. Med högre inloppsflöde var det fler partiklar som transporterades till bakre delen av bilkabinen. Överlag var partikelkoncentrationen högre i framdelen av kabinen när partiklarna introducerades i inloppsventilerna, särskilt vid låga inloppshastigheter. Att öppna recirkulationsventilerna resulterade i en liten minskning av luftflödet till bakdelen av kabinen och även så partikelfördelningen. När rökpartiklar introducerades i baksätena, stannade de för det mesta i bakdelen av kabinen, särskilt vid låga inloppsflödeshastigheter då luften inte blandades tillräckligt. Överlag innebar en högre inloppsflödeshastighet reducerade mängden av partiklar som fastnade på fram- och baksätena, men ökade mängden partiklar som fastnade på taket, golvet och på väggarna.

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Bloom, Matthew. "Effects of Fan Cooling at Room Temperature on Indoor 20-km Cycling Time Trial Performance." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4482.

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Aim: The primary purpose of this study was to examine effects of a fan-induced airflow at standard room temperature (20-23°C) on 20-km cycling time trial performance. A secondary purpose was to investigate two fan speeds and whether a difference in performance existed with increased fan speed in intermediate duration indoor cycling tests. Methods: Seven trained cyclists completed three 20-km cycling time trials under three conditions in a randomized crossover design. The 3 conditions were: 1) control (no fan), 2) low speed fan, and 3) high speed fan. Results: A tendency for modest decreases in time to completion (TTC) were noted in the two experimental conditions compared to the control condition (-2.06% low speed fan; -3.29% high speed fan). There was also a tendency for small increases in power output during the experimental conditions, although neither time nor power output differences were statistically significant. No differences in mean heart rate and rating of perceived exertion were observed among the three conditions. Conclusion: These results suggest a relationship between fan use and 20-km indoor cycling time trial performance, specifically TTC and mean power output, but larger samples are needed to provide adequate statistical power. Further investigation into the effects of fan use in standard testing environments is recommended. No additional benefit was observed from increased fan speeds. Differences in the experimental conditions on average resulted in non-significant 1.2% improvement.

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Yang, Xiaofan. "Multi-scale simulation of filtered flow and species transport with nano-structured material." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4271.

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Johansson, Tom, and Viktor Ryberg. "Val av ventilationssystem för kontorsverksamhet : En kostnadsjämförelse." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-149462.

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Enligt Folkhälsomyndighetens uppgifter påstår 18 procent av den vuxna populationen att de lider av symtom relaterat till inomhusmiljön. Symtomen kan beröra alldagliga ohälsor däribland trötthet och huvudvärk till allvarliga åkommor såsom cancer (Folkhälsomyndigheten, 2013). Då ventilationens huvuduppgift är att tillgodose kraven på inomhusklimatet och därmed förebygga ohälsa, berör detta examensarbete problematiken kring ventilationssystemets utformning och dess ekonomiska konsekvenser. Syftet med arbetet var att identifiera vilken luftflödesprincip som är kostnadseffektivast för kontorsverksamhet utifrån två skilda typplanlösningar. Tre luftflödesprinciper har studerats, där slutligen ett CAV-, VAV- och DCV- system har utformats och dimensionerats utifrån realistiska förutsättningar och krav berörande inomhusklimatet. Ventilationssystemen utformas på skilda sätt med avseende på vilken luftflödesprincip som används, vilket bidrar till ekonomiska för- och nackdelar. Den ekonomiska undersökningen utförs genom jämförelser utifrån respektive ventilationssystems livscykelanalys, där luftflödesprinciper med likartade förutsättningar studeras i förhållande till varandra. Rapporten hanterar generella problem och tillvägagångssätt gällande problematiken kring dimensionering och utformning av ventilationssystem. De ekonomiska analyserna har resulterat i tydliga skillnader gällande investering-, drift- och underhållskostnader för respektive system. Resultatet påvisar att investeringskostnaden är den viktigaste faktorn vid val av ventilationssystem.
According to Folkhälsomyndigheten, 18 precent of the adult population claims they experience symptoms related to the indoor environment. These symptoms can consist of both common illnesses, such as fatigue and headache, to more serious diseases such as cancer (Folkhälsomyndigheten, 2013). The main task of a ventilation system is to satisfy the requirements regarding the indoor climate and thereby consequently prevent poor health. This report focuses on the complex problems regarding ventilation systems design and it´s economic consquences. The purpose with this report is to identify which airflow principle is the most cost effective for office operations basad on two distinct floor plans. Three airflow principles have been studied; consist of the CAV-, VAV- and DCV-principle. All principles were designed and dimensioned based on realistic conditions and the specific requirement regarding the indoor environment. Each ventilation system was designed differently depending on the applied airflow principle, which led to different economic pros and cons for each ventilation system. The airflow principle´s life cycle cost has been compared in an economic analysis. The economic analysises were based on comparisons between each ventilation system’s life cycle cost and it´s reigning conditions. The report deals with general problems and processes regarding the dimensioning and designing of the ventilation systems. The economic comparisons resulted in a substantial difference in investment- , operation- and the maintenance cost for each system. The results proved that the investment cost is the key factor when comparing the airflow principle´s life cycle cost.

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Naegle, Nathaniel Stephen. "Force Optimization and Flow Field Characterization from a Flapping Wing Mechanism." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3278.

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Flapping flight shows promise for micro air vehicle design because flapping wings provide superior aerodynamic performance than that of fixed wings and rotors at low Reynolds numbers. In these flight regimes, unsteady effects become increasingly important. This thesis explores some of the unsteady effects that provide additional lift to flapping wings through an experiment-based optimization of the kinematics of a flapping wing mechanism in a water tunnel. The mechanism wings and flow environment were scaled to simulate the flight of the hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) at hovering or near-hovering speeds. The optimization was repeated using rigid and flexible wings to evaluate the impact that wing flexibility has on aerodynamic performance of flapping wings. The trajectories that produced the highest lift were compared using particle image velocimetry to characterize the flow features produced during the periods of peak lift. A leading edge vortex was observed with all of the flapping trajectories and both wing types, the strength of which corresponded to the measured amount of lift of the wing. This research furthers our understanding of the lift-generating mechanisms used in nature and can be applied to improve the design of micro air vehicles.

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Stratigou, Evdokia. "Identification and characterisation of physicochemical processes controlling indoor concentrations of submicron aerosols and volatile organic compounds." Thesis, Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019MTLD0007/document.

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Cette thèse développe les connaissances scientifiques sur l’origine et le comportement des polluants intérieurs en phases gazeuse et particulaire. Une description complète des processus physiques contrôlant les concentrations de polluants en air intérieur dans une pièce inoccupée et non meublée a été réalisée. En utilisant des paramètres bien quantifiés (taux de renouvellement d’air, facteur de pénétration et vitesse de dépôt), nous avons pu appliquer un modèle de bilan massique aux particules. Les résultats ont montré que, en l’absence significative de sources intérieures, une caractérisation fine des paramètres ci-dessus permettait de décrire de manière satisfaisante les concentrations intérieures en PM2.5 et PM10 à partir des données extérieures, tandis que les PM1 montrent une variabilité significativement plus marquée due aux transformations physicochimiques. Par la suite, les composés organiques volatils (COV) et la composition chimique des particules submicroniques ont été mesurés en temps réel lors d’une campagne intensive. Un enrichissement important des concentrations en COV a été observé lorsque l’air ambiant pénètre à l’intérieur du bâtiment, en particulier pour les COV oxygénés qui présentent une dépendance significative avec l’humidité relative, tandis que pour les particules les changements observés dépendent de leur composition chimique et de leur diamètre, montrant une diminution de 20% pour les PM1 à 86% pour les plus grosses particules (>5 μm). L’excès d’ammonium observé dans les deux environnements a permis de déconvoluer les nitrates organiques des inorganiques, ceux-ci présentant une dépendance plus forte avec la température, révélant une décomposition thermique plus importante en air intérieur. En résumé, l’environnement intérieur agit principalement comme une source d’émissions continues de COV, alors qu’une tendance inverse est observé pour les particules, du fait de transformations possibles pouvant se produire même dans les conditions les plus simples, sans occupant ni mobilier
This thesis improves the scientific knowledge on the origin, behavior and fate of gas and particle-phase pollutants indoors under unoccupied unfurnished conditions. A first campaign provided a complete description of the physical processes controlling the indoor concentrations. Using well quantified parameters (air exchange rate, penetration factor and deposition rate), a mass balance model provided insights for the particle budget closure. The results showed that when indoor sources are not significant, a careful characterization of the abovementioned parameters allows to estimate PM2.5 and PM10 in a satisfying manner from outdoor data. However the PM1 fraction shows a significantly higher variability due to physicochemical transformations. Subsequently, a second intensive campaign was performed to investigate volatile organic compounds (VOC) and PM1 chemical composition in real time. A strong increase in VOC concentrations was observed when outdoor air penetrates indoors, especially oxygenated VOC which exhibited a significant dependence on relative humidity, while the changes observed for particles once indoors depend on their chemical composition and diameter, showing a decrease from 20% for submicron particles up to, 86% for large ones (>5. µm). The investigation of ammonium neutralization revealed an excess of ammonium indoors and outdoors, which is attributed to organic- in addition to inorganic-bonded ammonium nitrate. The latter showed a stronger dependency on temperature gradient from outdoors to indoors, revealing stronger thermal decomposition once indoors. In summary, the indoor environment acts mainly as a continuous emission source of VOCs, while the opposite trend is observed the particles due to possible transformations that can occur even under the simplest conditions, with no occupants and no furnishing

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Blanchard, Olivier. "Exposition aux composés organiques semi-volatils reprotoxiques et neurotoxiques dans l'habitat." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN1S088/document.

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Les composés organiques semi-volatils (COSVs) regroupent un grand nombre de composés chimiques utilisés notamment comme substances actives ou additifs dans les matériaux de construction, de décoration et dans de nombreux produits de consommation. Les COSVs sont omniprésents dans les environnements intérieurs et fréquemment détectés dans les poussières sédimentées et dans le compartiment aérien. Cette thèse a permis de documenter les concentrations de 57 composés dans 30 logements français et d'utiliser ces mesures pour tester un modèle d'équilibre visant à prédire leur répartition dans les différents compartiments de l'environnement intérieur. De ce travail, il ressort une forte ubiquité des COSVs dans les logements étudiés. Les concentrations les plus élevées ont été observées pour les phtalates et dans une moindre mesure pour le bisphénol A, les muscs synthétiques et certains pesticides et HAPs. Ces résultats confirment l'intérêt de mieux caractériser l'exposition de la population générale aux COSVs dans l'habitat français. Les travaux portant sur le modèle d'équilibre ont montré que le coefficient de partage entre l'air et l'octanol (Koa) peut être un bon prédicteur pour estimer la concentration d'un composé donné dans un ensemble de logements. Cependant, certaines limites ont été identifiées et une meilleure caractérisation des paramètres utilisés est recommandée
Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) include a large number of chemicals compounds used as active substances or additives in building materials and in many consumer products. SVOCs are ubiquitous in indoor environments and frequently detected in settled dust and indoor air. This work has investigated indoor concentrations of 57 target compounds in 30 French dwellings and measurements were used to test an equilibrium model to predict their partitioning in indoor compartments. The results showed a strong ubiquity of SVOCs in French dwellings. The highest concentrations were measured for phthalates and to a lesser extent for bisphenol A, synthetic musks, some pesticides and PAHs. These results confirm the interest to assess human exposure to SVOCs in the French dwellings. The work on the predictive model showed that octanol/air partitioning coefficient (Koa) is a good predictor to estimate SVOC concentrations in a large number of buildings. However, some limits were identified and a better estimation of the parameters used in these models is required

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Nasani, Ahmad Muntaser. "Etude des phénomènes électrofluidodynamiques sur les gaz empoussiérés en écoulement turbulent : application au transport pneumatique." Poitiers, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987POIT2307.

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Analyse de l'influence de certains parametres sur le processus de tranfert de charges electriques au moment du contact d'une particule solide avec une plaque metallique. Etude de la charge d'impact en fonction de l'inclinaison de la plaque, de sa position et de sa charge initiale. Analyse theorique de l'ensemble des phenomenes d'ehd lies au transport pneumatique, en particulier des chutes de pression. Resultats experimentaux dans le cas de deux phases d'ecoulement : ecoulement en phase diluee et ecoulement en phase dense discontinue

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Hernández, Luis Miguel Teófanes Bendezu. "Desenvolvimento de um programa computacional para balanceamento de redes de distribuição de ar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3150/tde-10112016-151410/.

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O balanceamento de uma rede de distribuição de ar consiste em estabelecer as vazões corretas nos elementos terminais conforme previsto no projeto. A revisão bibliográfica apontou que o balanceamento aplicado à distribuição de ar passou a ser considerado no final dos anos de 1960. A aplicação de modelos matemáticos com a simulação do escoamento do ar nos dutos das redes tem início no final dos anos 80. No presente trabalho o objetivo foi estudar metodologia para simulação e balanceamento de redes de distribuição de ar, implementando-a em um programa de computador. Foram estudados diferentes métodos para realizar o balanceamento: método proporcional, método T e o método direto. Foi adotado o direto, em que as vazões são impostas e as diferenças de pressão determinadas para escoamentos em caminhos em paralelo. Mediante o uso de conceitos que fazem analogia entre a fluido-dinâmica e a eletricidade, foi desenvolvido um algoritmo e elaborado um programa de computador. O aplicativo desenvolvido possui 6 etapas principais: caracterização da rede, perda distribuída, perda localizada, perda total, simulação do escoamento e comparação de caminhos. A partir de um estudo de caso, o programa foi testado simulando uma rede de distribuição. Esta mesma rede teve seu balanceamento avaliado por cálculos em planilha eletrônica. Os resultados do estudo de caso com os valores de pressão para todos os trechos da rede, assim como as diferenças de pressão que definem a magnitude do balanceamento foram comparados e estão coincidentes dentro da margem esperada.
The balancing of a net air distribution consists in establishment the correct flowrate in the terminals elements according the design. The bibliographic review show that the balancing applied in air distribution are consider at the 60`s. In the end of the 80\\2019s the mathematics models beginning applied to air flow simulation in ducts. In the present work the objective is studies the methodology to simulation and balancing air distribution nets using software. Different methods are studies to apply in balance: proportional method, T method and direct method. The direct method is adopted, which the flowrate is fixed and the pressure difference is obtained for the parallel paths. Using fluid-dynamics and electrical analogy concepts an algorithm was developed and a software was prepared. The applicatory developed was divided in 6 main stages: net characterization, continuous losses, local losses, total losses, flow simulation and path comparing. Using a case study the software was tested and the distribution net was simulating. This same net was balancing evaluated by a computational spreadsheet. The case study results present the values of pressure for the sections of the net, and the pressure differences to obtained the balancing. This values was consider coincident with the expected.

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Silva, Cibele Alves da. "Análise do escoamento do ar em uma sala cirúrgica via simulação em CFD." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-06122016-083329/.

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Com a tendência em se construírem edifícios selados por motivos de climatização, controle de ruído e estéticos, acabou provocando um aumento nos casos de problemas relacionados à qualidade do ar de interiores (QAI) de tais ambientes. Os principais problemas relacionados à má qualidade do ar interno são a ventilação inadequada (maior parte dos casos), seguido de contaminantes do ar externo, contaminantes do ar interno (gerados internamente) e, em menor escala, materiais de construção e micro-organismos. No caso específico de uma edificação hospitalar, a qualidade do ar pode exercer uma influência direta e significativa na ocorrência de infecções hospitalares. O nível de contaminação é influenciado principalmente pelo tipo de sistema de condicionamento de ar. Daí a necessidade de um controle intenso dos contaminantes presentes no ar desse local. Assim, os sistemas de distribuição de ar desempenham uma tarefa fundamental em uma sala cirúrgica para a garantia da segurança e conforto térmico ao paciente, equipe cirúrgica. O retorno de ar também exerce uma função muito importante na eliminação do ar contaminado gerado no interior de uma sala cirúrgica. Esse retorno ocorre através das chamadas grelhas de retorno. Dado à limitação dos estudos analíticos e o alto custo das investigações experimentais, é grande relevância uma investigação numérico-computacional do escoamento do ar de uma sala cirúrgica, visando analisar o comportamento do fluxo de ar e da temperatura do ar. O foco desse trabalho é verificar, via simulação computacional em CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), a efetividade do sistema de distribuição de ar usado em centros cirúrgicos no que diz respeito ao controle do ar, com o intuito de se alcançar uma qualidade do ar adequada. Para validar o modelo computacional, realizou-se também a parte experimental, na qual foram feitas medições e coletas de dados em campo para comparação com os resultados das simulações. O estudo de caso considerado nesse trabalho foi uma das salas do centro cirúrgico do Hospital Universitário (HU) da Universidade de São Paulo.
Due the trend to construct sealed buildings for air conditioning purposes, noise control and aesthetics, problems regarding interior air quality (IAQ) of such environments have been occured. The main issues related to bad indoor air quality are inadequate ventilation (most part of the cases), followed by outdoor air contaminants, indoor air contaminants (internally generated) and, in a smaller scale, construction materials and microorganisms. In the specific case of a hospital building, air quality can have a direct and significant influence on the occurrence of nosocomial infections. The level of contamination is mainly influenced type air conditioning system. Hence the need for intensive control of contaminants in local air. Therefore, the air distribution systems play a fundamental task inside a surgical room for safety and thermal comfort of the patient and surgical team. The return air also plays a very important role in eliminating contaminated air generated within an operating room. This return takes place through so-called return grills. Due to the limitation of analytical studies and the high cost of experimental research, it is very relevant a numerical-computational investigation of the air flow of an operating room in order to analyze the air flow behavior and the air temperature. The focus of this study is to verify, via computer simulation based on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), the effectiveness of the air distribution system used in surgical centers regarding the control of air, in order to achieve a proper quality of air. To validate the computer model, field measurements have been carried out and data have been collected for comparison with the simulation results. The case study to be considered for this project is the surgical room of the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo.

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Sattari, Amir. "Investigations of Flow Patterns in Ventilated Rooms Using Particle Image Velocimetry : Applications in a Scaled Room with Rapidly Varying Inflow and over a Wall-Mounted Radiator." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Installations- och energisystem, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-167804.

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This thesis introduces and describes a new experimental setup for examining the effects of pulsating inflow to a ventilated enclosure. The study aimed to test the hypothesis that a pulsating inflow has potential to improve ventilation quality by reducing the stagnation zones through enhanced mixing. The experimental setup, which was a small-scale, two-dimensional (2D), water-filled room model, was successfully designed and manufactured to be able to capture two-dimensional velocity vectors of the entire field using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Using in-house software, it was possible to conclude that for an increase in pulsation frequency or alternatively in the flow rate, the stagnation zones were reduced in size, the distribution of vortices became more homogeneous over the considered domain, and the number of vortices in all scales had increased. Considering the occupied region, the stagnation zones were moved away in a favorable direction from a mixing point of view. In addition, statistical analysis unveiled that in the far-field occupied region of the room model, stronger eddies were developed that we could expect to give rise to improved mixing. As a fundamental experimental study performed in a 2D, small-scale room model with water as operating fluid, we can logically conclude that the positive effect of enhanced mixing through increasing the flow rate could equally be accomplished through applying a pulsating inflow. In addition, this thesis introduces and describes an experimental setup for study of air flow over a wall-mounted radiator in a mockup of a real room, which has been successfully designed and manufactured. In this experimental study, the airflow over an electric radiator without forced convection, a common room-heating technique, was measured and visualized using the 2D PIV technique. Surface blackening due to particle deposition calls for monitoring in detail the local climate over a heating radiator. One mechanism causing particle deposition is turbophoresis, which occurs when the flow is turbulent. Because turbulence plays a role in particle deposition, it is important to identify where the laminar flow over radiator becomes turbulent. The results from several visualization techniques and PIV measurements indicated that for a room with typical radiator heating, the flow over the radiator became agitated after a dimensionless length, 5.0–6.25, based on the radiator thickness. Surface properties are among the influencing factors in particle deposition; therefore, the geometrical properties of different finishing techniques were investigated experimentally using a structured light 3D scanner that revealed differences in roughness among different surface finishing techniques. To investigate the resistance to airflow along the surface and the turbulence generated by the surfaces, we recorded the boundary layer flow over the surfaces in a special flow rig, which revealed that the types of surface finishing methods differed very little in their resistance and therefore their influence on the deposition velocity is probably small.
Det övergripande syftet med den första studien i avhandlingen var att undersöka hypotesen att ett pulserande inflöde till ett ventilerade utrymme har en potential till att förbättra ventilationens kvalitet genom att minska stagnationszoner och därigenom öka omblandningen. För genomförande av studien byggdes en experimentuppställning i form av en tvådimensionell (2D) småskalig modell av ett ventilerat rum. Strömningsmediet i modellen var vatten. Det tvådimensionella hastighetsfältet registrerades över hela modellen med hjälp av Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Vid ett stationärt tillflöde bildas ett stagnationsområde i centrum av rumsmodellen. Vid ett pulserade inflöde genererades sekundära virvlar. Med en egen utvecklad programvara var det möjligt att kvantifiera statistiken hos virvlarna. Det pulserade inflödet gjorde att inom området där det vid stationärt tillflöde fanns en stagnationszon ökade antalet virvlar i alla storlekar och fördelningen av virvlar blev mera homogen än tidigare. Detta kan förväntas ge upphov till förbättrad omblandning. Baserat på en grundläggande experimentell studie utförd i en småskalig tvådimensionell rumsmodell med vatten som strömningsmedium kan vi logiskt dra slutsatsen att ett pulserande tilluftsflöde har en potential att förbättra omblandningen. I en fortsatt studie i avhandlingen visuliserades och mättes hastighetsfältet och därefter beräknades statistiska värden av exempelvis medelhastighet, standardavvikelse och skjuvspänning hos hastighetsfluktuationerna i luftströmmen över en väggmonterad radiator med 2D-PIV-teknik. Bakgrunden till studien är att en bidragande orsak till partikelavsättning på väggytor är turbofores som uppträder vid en turbulent luftström. Studien genomfördes genom uppbyggnad av en fullskalig rumsmodell. Eftersom turbulens spelar en roll vid partikelavsättning genom turbofores är det viktigt att identifiera var det laminära flödet över radiatorn blir turbulent. Resultaten baserat på visualisering och PIV-mätningar indikerade att, för ett rum med denna typ av radiatoruppvärmning, blev flödet över radiatorn turbulent efter en dimensionslös längd lika med 5,0‒6,25 gånger radiatorns tjocklek. Ytors egenskaper är viktiga vid partikelavsättning. Därför har de geometriska egenskaperna hos några olika metoder för ytbehandling undersökts experimentellt med hjälp av en scanner för strukturerat 3D-ljus. Resultaten visar på skillnader i ytråhet hos de olika ytbehandlingsmetoderna. För att undersöka motståndet mot luftströmning längs ytan och den turbulens som genereras av ytorna registrerade vi gränsskiktsflödet över ytorna i en speciell luftströmningsrigg. Detta påvisade att motståndet hos de olika typerna av ytbehandlingsmetoder skilde sig mycket litet åt och därför är troligt vid deras påverkan på depositionshastigheten mycket liten.

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Joerger, Guillaume. "Multiscale modeling and event tracking wireless technologies to improve efficiency and safety of the surgical flow in an OR suite." Thesis, La Rochelle, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LAROS009/document.

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Améliorer la gestion et l’organisation des blocs opératoires est une tâche critique dans les hôpitaux modernes, principalement à cause de la diversité et l’urgence des activités impliquées. Contrairement à l’aviation civile, qui a su optimiser organisation et sécurité, le management de bloc opératoire est plus délicat. Le travail ici présenté abouti au développement et à l’installation de nouvelles technologies assistées par ordinateur résolvant les problèmes quotidiens des blocs opératoires. La plupart des systèmes existants modélisent le flux chirurgical et sont utilisés seulement pour planifier. Ils sont basés sur des procédés stochastiques, n’ayant pas accès à des données sûres. Nous proposons une structure utilisant un modèle multi-agent qui comprend tous les éléments indispensables à une gestion efficace et au maintien de la sécurité dans les blocs opératoires, allant des compétences communicationnelles du staff, au temps nécessaire à la mise en place du service de nettoyage. Nous pensons que la multiplicité des ressources humaines engagées dans cette structure cause des difficultés dans les blocs opératoires et doit être prise en compte dans le modèle. En parallèle, nous avons construit un modèle mathématique de flux d’air entre les blocs opératoires pour suivre et simuler la qualité de l’environnement de travail. Trois points sont nécessaires pour la construction et le bon fonctionnement d’un ensemble de bloc opératoire : 1) avoir accès au statut du système en temps réel grâce au placement de capteurs 2) la construction de modèles multi-échelles qui lient tous les éléments impliqués et leurs infrastructures 3) une analyse minutieuse de la population de patients, du comportement des employés et des conditions environnementales. Nous avons développé un système robuste et invisible qui permet le suivi et la détection automatique d’événements dans les blocs. Avec ce système nous pouvons suivre l’activité à la porte d’entrée des blocs, puis l’avancement en temps réel de la chirurgie et enfin l’état général du bloc. Un modèle de simulation numérique de mécanique des fluides de plusieurs blocs opératoires est utilisé pour suivre la dispersion de fumée chirurgicale toxique, ainsi qu’un modèle multi-domaine qui évalue les risques de propagation de maladie nosocomiale entre les blocs. La combinaison de ces trois aspects amène une nouvelle dimension de sensibilisation à l’environnent des blocs opératoires et donne au staff un système cyber-physique capable de prédire des événements rares impactant la qualité, l’efficacité, la rentabilité et la sécurité dans l’hôpital
Improving operating room management is a constant issue for modern large hospital systems who have to deal with the reality of day to day clinical activity. As opposed to other industrial sectors such as air civil aviation that have mastered the topic of industry organization and safety, progress in surgical flow management has been slower. The goal of the work presented here is to develop and implement technologies that leverage the principles of computational science to the application of OR suite problems. Most of the currently available models of surgical flow are used for planning purposes and are essentially stochastic processes due to uncertainties in the available data. We propose an agent-based model framework that can incorporate all the elements, from communication skills of the staff to the time it takes for the janitorial team to go clean an OR. We believe that human factor is at the center of the difficulty of OR suite management and should be incorporated in the model. In parallel, we use a numerical model of airflow at the OR suite level to monitor and simulate environment conditions inside the OR. We hypothesize that the following three key ingredients will provide the level of accuracy needed to improve OR management : 1) Real time updates of the model with ad hoc sensors of tasks/stages 2) Construction of a multi-scale model that links all key elements of the complex surgical infrastructure 3) Careful analysis of patient population factors, staff behavior, and environment conditions. We have developed a robust and non-obtrusive automatic event tracking system to make our model realistic to clinical conditions. Not only we track traffic through the door and the air quality inside the OR, we can also detect standard events in the surgical process. We propose a computational fluid dynamics model of a part of an OR suite to track dispersion of toxic surgical smoke and build in parallel a multidomain model of potential nosocomial contaminant particles flow in an OR suite. Combining the three models will raise the awareness of the OR suite by bringing to the surgical staff a cyber-physical system capable of prediction of rare events in the workflow and the safety conditions

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Gai, Guodong. "Modeling of water sprays effects on premixed hydrogen-air explosion, turbulence and shock waves Modeling pressure loads during a premixed hydrogen combustion in the presence of water spray Numerical study on laminar flame velocity of hydrogen-air combustion under water spray effects Modeling of particle cloud dispersion in compressible gas flows with shock waves A new formulation of a spray dispersion model for particle/droplet-laden flows subjected to shock waves Particles-induced turbulence: a critical review of physical concepts, numerical modelings and experimental investigation A new methodology for modeling turbulence induced 1 by a particle-laden flow using a mechanistic model." Thesis, Normandie, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020NORMIR14.

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Cette thèse de doctorat est dédiée au développement de modèles physiques pour l’étude des systèmes d’aspersion de gouttelettes d’eau en milieu réactif d’hydrogène-air pré-mélangée dans les centrales nucléaires. Des modèles d’ordre réduit sont développés pour décrire l’évaporation des gouttelettes d’eau dans la flamme, la dispersion des nuages de particules après le passage des ondes de choc et l’évolution de l’échelle caractéristiques de turbulence avec la présence d’un jet d’eau. Une nouvelle méthodologie est proposée pour évaluer les effets de l’évaporation par l’aspersion sur la propagation de la flamme d’hydrogène turbulente à l’intérieur d’un volume fermé et un modèle simple est développé pour la quantification de la décélération de la vitesse laminaire avec l’évaporation des gouttelettes à l’intérieur de la flamme. Également, un modèle analytique est proposé pour la prédiction de la dispersion de nuage de particule après le passage d’une onde de choc en s’appuyant sur le one-way formalisme avec une extension afin de prédire l’apparition d’un pic de densité du nombre de particules en utilisant le two-way formalisme. En ce qui concerne la modulation de la turbulence induite par les particules, un modèle simple est utilisé pour l’estimation des échelles intégrales de la turbulence induites par l’injection de nuage des particules. Ces modèles numériques développés peuvent être couplés pour être mis en œuvre dans les simulations numériques à grande échelle de l’effet du système d’aspersion sur les explosions accidentelles d’hydrogène dans les centrales nucléaires
This PhD dissertation is dedicated to develop simple models to investigate the effect of water spray system on the premixed hydrogen-air combustion in the nuclear power plants. Specific simple models are developed to describe the water droplet evaporation in the flame, particle cloud dispersion after the shock wave passage, and turbulence length scale evolution with the presence of a water spray. A methodology is proposed to evaluate the spray evaporation effects on the propagation of the turbulent hydrogen flame inside a closed volume and a simple model is developed for the quantification of the laminar velocity deceleration with the droplets evaporation inside the flame. An analytical model is proposed for the prediction of particle cloud dispersion after the shock passage in the one-way formalism and another analytical model is dedicated to describe the spray-shock interaction mechanism and predict the appearance of a particle number density peak using the two-way formalism. A review of the important criteria and physical modelings related to the particle-induced turbulence modulation is given and a mechanistic model is used for the estimation of the turbulent integral length scales induced by the injection of particle clouds. These developed numerical models can be coupled to implement in the large-scale numerical simulations of the spray system effects on the accidental hydrogen explosions in the nuclear power plants

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Hayati, Abolfazl. "Natural Ventilation and Air Infiltration in Large Single‑Zone Buildings : Measurements and Modelling with Reference to Historical Churches." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24612.

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Natural ventilation is the dominating ventilation process in ancient buildings like churches, and also in most domestic buildings in Sweden and in the rest of the world. These buildings are naturally ventilated via air infiltration and airing. Air infiltration is the airflow through adventitious leakages in the building envelope, while airing is the intentional air exchange through large openings like windows and doors. Airing can in turn be performed either as single-sided (one opening) or as cross flow ventilation (two or more openings located on different walls). The total air exchange affects heating energy and indoor air quality. In churches, deposition of airborne particles causes gradual soiling of indoor surfaces, including paintings and other pieces of art. Significant amounts of particles are emitted from visitors and from candles, incense, etc. Temporary airing is likely to reduce this problem, and it can also be used to adjust the indoor temperature. The present study investigates mechanisms and prediction models regarding air infiltration and open-door airing by means of field measurements, experiments in wind tunnel and computer modelling. In natural ventilation, both air infiltration and airing share the same driving forces, i.e. wind and buoyancy (indoor-outdoor temperature differences). Both forces turn out to be difficult to predict, especially wind induced flows and the combination of buoyancy and wind. In the first part of the present study, two of the most established models for predicting air infiltration rate in buildings were evaluated against measurements in three historical stone churches in Sweden. A correction factor of 0.8 is introduced to adjust one of the studied models (which yielded better predictions) for fitting the large single zones like churches. Based on field investigation and IR-thermography inspections, a detailed numerical model was developed for prediction of air infiltration, where input data included assessed level of the neutral pressure level (NPL). The model functionality was validated against measurements in one of the case studies, indicating reasonable prediction capability. It is suggested that this model is further developed by including a more systematic calibration system for more building types and with different weather conditions. Regarding airing, both single-sided and cross flow rates through the porches of various church buildings were measured with tracer gas method, as well as through direct measurements of the air velocity in a porch opening. Measurement results were compared with predictions attained from four previously developed models for single‑sided ventilation. Models that include terms for wind turbulence were found to yield somewhat better predictions. According to the performed measurements, the magnitude of one hour single-sided open-door airing in a church typically yields around 50% air exchange, indicating that this is a workable ventilation method, also for such large building volumes. A practical kind of diagram to facilitate estimation of suitable airing period is presented. The ability of the IDA Indoor Climate and Energy (IDA-ICE) computer program to predict airing rates was examined by comparing with field measurements in a church. The programs’ predictions of single-sided airflows through an open door of the church were of the same magnitude as the measured ones; however, the effect of wind direction was not well captured by the program, indicating a development potential. Finally, wind driven air flows through porch type openings of a church model were studied in a wind tunnel, where the airing rates were measured by tracer gas. At single-sided airing, a higher flow rate was observed at higher wind turbulence and when the opening was on the windward side of the building, in agreement with field measurements. Further, the airing rate was on the order of 15 times higher at cross flow than at single-sided airing. Realization of cross flow thus seems highly recommendable for enhanced airing. Calibration constants for a simple equation for wind driven flow through porches are presented. The measurements also indicate that advection through turbulence is a more important airing mechanism than pumping. The present work adds knowledge particularly to the issues of air infiltration and airing through doors, in large single zones. The results can be applicable also to other kinds of large single-zone buildings, like industry halls, atriums and sports halls.
Naturlig ventilation är den dominerande ventilationsprocessen i äldre byggnader såsom kyrkor, och även i de flesta småhus i Sverige och övriga delar av världen. Luftinfiltration och vädring utgör viktiga komponenter i naturlig ventilation, där luftinfiltration är luftflöde genom oavsiktliga läckage i byggnadsskalet, medan vädring är avsiktligt luftutbyte genom stora öppningar såsom fönster och dörrar/portar. Vädring kan i sin tur ske ensidigt (genom en öppning) eller som tvärdrag (genom två eller flera öppningar belägna på olika ytterväggar). Det totala luftutbytet påverkar värmeförluster och inomhusluftens kvalité. I kyrkor orsakar avsättning av luftpartiklar en gradvis nedsmutsning av invändiga ytor, inklusive väggmålningar och andra konstföremål. Betydande mängder partiklar avges från besökare, tända ljus, rökelse, o.d. Tillfällig vädring kan minska detta problem, men även användas för att justera innetemperaturen. Föreliggande studie analyserar mekanismer och predikteringsmodeller gällande luftinfiltration och dörrvädring genom fältmätningar, vindtunnelförsök och datorsimuleringar. Luftinfiltration och vädring har samma drivkrafter, d.v.s. vind och termik (inne‑ute temperaturskillnader). Båda dessa drivkrafter är svåra att predicera, särskilt vindinducerade flöden och kombinationen av termik och vind. Två av de mest etablerade modellerna för luftinfiltrationsprediktering i byggnader har utvärderats via mätningar i tre kulturhistoriska stenkyrkor i Sverige. En korrigeringsfaktor av 0,8 föreslås för bättre prediktion av den ena modellen (som gav bäst resultat) gällande höga en-zonsbyggnader såsom kyrkor. En detaljerad numerisk modell är utvecklad för luftinfiltrationsprediktering, där indata baseras på fältundersökningar, inkl. IR-termografering och uppmätt av neutrala tryckplanet (NPL). Modellens funktionalitet har validerats via mätningar i en av fallstudierna och pekar på tämligen god prediktionsprestanda. Vidare utveckling av modellen föreslås, inkl. ett mer systematiskt kalibreringssystem, för olika typer av byggnader och väderförhållanden. Gällande vädring mättes både ensidigt flöde och tvärdrag genom portar i olika kyrkobyggnader med hjälp av spårgas samt direkta lufthastighetsmätningar i portöppning. Mätresultaten jämfördes med erhållna prediktioner från fyra tidigare utvecklade modeller för ensidig ventilation. De modeller som tog hänsyn till vindturbulens gav något bättre resultat. Enligt utförda mätningar medför en timmes ensidig portvädring i en kyrka cirka 50 % luftutbyte, vilket indikerar att detta är en tillämpbar ventilationsmetod, även för så pass stora byggnadsvolymer. Ett särskilt vädringsdiagram presenteras, som syftar till att underlätta uppskattning av erforderlig vädringsperiod. Vidare studerades predikteringsprestanda hos IDA Indoor Climate and Energy (IDA-ICE) simuleringsprogram avseende vädring, där simuleringsdata jämfördes med fältmätningar i en kyrka. Programmets prediktion av ensidigt luftflöde genom en öppen kyrkport var av samma storlekordning som det uppmäta; dock klarade programmet inte av att hantera inverkan av vindriktning så väl, vilket pekar på en utvecklingspotential. Avslutningsvis undersöktes vinddrivet flöde igenom portöppningar i en kyrkmodell i vindtunnel, där luftomsättningen mättes med hjälp av spårgasmetoden. Vid ensidig vädring observerades högre flöde vid högre vindturbulens och när öppningen var på vindsidan av byggnaden, i överensstämmelse med fältmätningarna. Dessutom var vädringsflödet vid tvärdrag i storleksordningen 15 högre än det vid ensidig vädring. Det verkar alltså som att man kan öka vädringstakten avsevärt om man kan åstadkomma tvärdrag. Kalibreringskonstanter presenteras också för en enkel ekvation för vinddrivet flöde genom portar. Vindtunnelstudien indikerar vidare att advektion genom turbulens är en viktigare vädringsmekanism än pumpning. Föreliggande arbete bidrar med kunskap speciellt kring luftinfiltration och vädring genom portar i höga en-zonsbyggnader. Resultaten kan även vara tillämpliga på andra typer av höga en-zonsbyggnader såsom industrihallar, atrier/ljusgårdar och idrottshallar.
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Fu, Sijie. "Vélocimétrie par suivi 3D de particules pour la caractérisation des champs thermo-convectifs dans le bâtiment." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AZUR4078/document.

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L'objectif de cette thèse est de réaliser une étude approfondie sur la vélocimétrie par suivi 3D de particules (3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry, 3D PTV) pour l'air intérieur convective thermique. Ce travail se concentre principalement sur l'étude de la littérature, l'évaluation des performances des algorithmes de mesure de la 3D PTV, et l'étude expérimentale pour l'air intérieur convective thermique en utilisant la technologie 3D PTV. Tout d'abord, la technologie 3D PTV typique et ses principales applications précédentes pour l'étude de d'air intérieur sont examinés. Ensuite, les performances de différents algorithmes de mesure de la 3D PTV sont évalués numériquement et expérimentalement. Deux sections se compose de cette partie, on est de comparer les performances de mesure de l'algorithme de PIV typique et l'algorithme de 3D PTV, une autre est de comparer les performances des sept algorithmes complets de 3D PTV. Enfin, sur la base de l'analyse présentée dans la thèse, l'étude expérimentale de l'écoulement d'air intérieur généré par la méthode de ventilation mélange est réalisée
The objective of this thesis is to conduct a comprehensive study on 3D Particle Tracking velocimetry (PTV) for thermal convective indoor airflow. This work mainly concentrates on the literature survey, the performance evaluation of 3D PTV measurement algorithms, and the experimental investigation for thermal convective indoor airflow using 3D PTV measurement technology. First, typical 3D PTV technology and its main previous applications for indoor airflow study are carefully reviewed. Then, the performances of different 3D PTV measurement algorithms are evaluated numerically and experimentally. Two sections consist of this part, one is to compare the measurement performances of typical PIV algorithm and 3D PTV algorithm, another is to compare the performances of seven complete 3D PTV algorithms. Last, based on the analysis in the thesis, the experimental investigation for indoor airflow generated by mixing ventilation method is conducted

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Hassen, Barkai Allatchi. "Caractérisation d’un écoulement diphasique dans un airlift sous dépression. Application pour l’extraction des matières solides en suspension." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSEI038.

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Les colonnes à bulles sont des contacteurs gaz-liquide très répandus en milieu industriel, notamment dans des applications de procédés chimiques, biologiques et minéralogiques. Dans la gamme de colonne à bulles disponible, l'airlift sous dépression est une innovation française présentant des caractéristiques très intéressantes pour le pompage hydraulique, le transfert de masse et la séparation des matières en suspension. Ce travail de thèse s'inscrit dans le cadre du développement de cet airlift amélioré, très utilisé dans le milieu industriel. L'objectif de la thèse est la caractérisation hydrodynamique de la colonne airlift sous dépression et l'analyse de ses capacités à assurer la fonction de séparation solide-liquide pour des particules en suspension. Le travail est exclusivement expérimental et le dispositif expérimental est constitué d'une colonne à bulles verticale transparente en plexiglass soumise à une dépression en tête et connectée à un bassin de recirculation hydraulique. L'analyse hydrodynamique a été réalisée à l'aide de capteur de pression différentielle pour l'étude globale et à l'aide d'une double sonde optique pour une caractérisation locale. Les résultats obtenus ont permis d'étudier le régime d'écoulement pour les principaux paramètres : le taux de vide, la vitesse d'ascension et le diamètre des bulles. La Vélocimétrie par Images des Particules a été appliquée pour visualiser et analyser les structures d'écoulement dans le bassin de recirculation. Les capacités extractives de la colonne ont été étudiées en eau douce avec ajout de produits tensioactifs. La caséine soluble et le Methyl Iso Butyl Carbinol (MIBC) sont les deux tensioactifs qui ont donné les meilleurs résultats en termes de séparation solide-liquide des matières en suspension. Ce travail a contribué à la compréhension de l'hydrodynamique des airlift sous dépression et a permis de mettre en évidence les potentialités de cette colonne dans le processus de séparation solide-liquide. Le travail ouvre aussi la voie à la modélisation numérique de l'hydrodynamique de la colonne en s'appuyant sur les résultats expérimentaux
Bubble columns are gas-liquid contactors widely used in industry, especially in chemical, biological and mineralogical process applications. In the range of bubble columns available, the vacuum airlift is a French innovation with very interesting characteristics for hydraulic pumping, mass transfer and suspended matter separation. This thesis work is part of the development of this improved airlift, which is widely used in the industrial environment. The objective of the thesis is the hydrodynamic characterization of the airlift column under vacuum and analysis of its capacities to ensure the solid-liquid separation function. This work is exclusively experimental and the experimental setup is a vertical bubble column in plexiglass under vacuum and connected to a recirculation basin. The hydrodynamic analysis was carried out using a differential pressure sensor for the global study and using a double optical probe for local characterization. Results obtained made it possible to study flow regime. The main parameters obtained are the void fraction, superficial velocity and bubbles diameter. Particle Image Velocimetry is applied to visualize and analyze the flow structures in the recirculation basin. The extracting capacities of the column were studied in tap water with the addition of surfactants. Soluble casein and Methyl Iso Butyl Carbinol (MIBC) are the two surfactants that have given the best results in terms of solid-liquid separation of suspended matter. This work contributed to the understanding hydrodynamics for vacuum airlift column and helped to highlight the potential of this column in the solid-liquid separation process. This work also opens the way to numerical modelling of airlift column hydrodynamics from experimental results

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Maurerová, Lenka. "Systémy TZB v nemovitých památkách." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-390239.

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The present PhD. thesis deals with the systems of building services (namely heating, ventilating and air conditioning, shading) which provide required indoor microclimate inside the immovable heritage. The work thus combines the exclusively technical field of building services (BS) and the general principles of heritage conservation. The aim of my PhD. thesis is the analysis of immovable heritage conservation processes, focusing on the current state of research and BS systems documentation. Furthermore the work concerns the possibilities of temporary measurements of indoor climate parameters inside the immovable heritage, and aims to develop a computer model (in BSim software) for the simulation of various working conditions in the selected buildings. For the stated aims were selected three representative historic houses: historical assembly hall at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology; the Palm Greenhouse at Lednice Chateau in Moravia; and Villa Tugendhat in Brno. These buildings had been surveyed for several years, and in this PhD. thesis I present their analysis, evaluation, and conclusions. The aims of this PhD. thesis broadly correspond to the transnational objectives. The present research is, for example, in accordance with the international document ICOMOS Charter (Zimbabwe, 2013) which is concerned with the analysis, conservation, and restoration of architectural heritage. The research of immovable heritage is also supported by European Union, e.g. by the Seventh Framework Programme of EU.

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(10709238), Yuanpei Zhao. "A Comparison of Air Flow Simulation Techniques in Architectural Design." Thesis, 2021.

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The fluid simulation in computer generates realistic animations of fluids by solving Navier-Stokes equation. The methods of simulation are divided into two types. The grid-based methods and particle-based methods. The former one is wildly used for scientific computation because of its precision of simulation while the latter one is used in visual effects, games and other areas requiring real-time simulation because of the less computation time it has.

The indoor airflow simulations with HVAC system in construction design is one specific application in scientific computation and uses grid-based simulation as the general-purpose simulation does. This study addresses the problem that this kind of airflow simulations in construction design using grid-based methods are very time consuming and always need designers to do pretreatment of the building model, which takes time, money, and effort. On the other hand, the particle-based methods would have less computation time with an acceptable accuracy in indoor airflow simulations because this kind of simulation does not require very high precision.

Then this study conducts a detailed and practical comparison of different fluid simulation algorithms in both grid-based methods and particle-based ones. This study's deliverable is a comparison between particle-based and grid-based methods in indoor airflow simulations with HVAC system.

The overall methodology used to arrive at the deliverables of this study will need two parts of work. The benchmark data is gathered from a CFD software simulation using FVM with a decent grid resolution. The particle-based data will be generated by simulation algorithms over the same set of room and furniture models implemented by OpenGL and CUDA. After the benchmark FVM simulation being conducted in a CFD software, the temperature field of airflow will be measured. After simulation, the temperature field are gained on each one of 4 particle-based simulation. A comparison standard is set and data will be analyzed to get the conclusion. The result shows that in a short simulation time period, after finding a proper number of particles, the particle-based method will achieve acceptable accuracy of temperature and velocity field while using much less time.

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Sarwar, Md Golam. "Fine particle formation in indoor environments levels, influencing factors and implications /." Thesis, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3126114.

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Yi, Shen Huan, and 沈桓毅. "Factors affecting the particulate concentration of different particle sizes in office's indoor air." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06590787136591898030.

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The objective of this study is to investigate the concentrations of particulate in different particle sizes (PM2.5、PM10 、PM25) and assess the affecting factors. Particle measurement in a office of high-building was assessed by direct-reading instrument (PC-2 Quartz Crystal Microbalance, QCM) during three study periods, which is consecutively provide the particle size and concentration each one time per ten minutes. Information of office including open type, hood system, number of person, room temperature and humility, sand storm were recorded during study period. Results indicated the particle size of PM2. 5 dominated in indoor air. Using multiple linear regression and autogression models, significant factors of particle concentrations in three types of particle size had room temperature and humidity, hood opened and the presence of sand storm. The high peak of particle concentration was apparent during the sand storm because of the ventilation system in this high building can move across from outdoor air. Using the ion-production instrument was evaluated and calculated the remove efficiencies with approximately 30% for particle sizes, and with 15.782％ and 22.22％ for nicotine and 3-ethylpyridine , respectively. We conclude that particle concentrations in different particle sizes show a significant association between indoor air and outdoor air, especially during the presence of sand storm. Both types of the particle and/or gaseous was efficiently dropped away indoor air using ion-production instrument. Keywords: particle size 、nicotine、sand storm、direct-reading instrument

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Boor, Brandon Emil. "Monolayer and multilayer particle resuspension from indoor surfaces : literature review and experimental methodology." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2609.

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Resuspension is an important source of particles in the indoor environment. A variable that may have a significant impact on the fraction of particles removed from indoor surfaces is the type of particle deposit. Particles may be deposited in either a monolayer, where there is minimal particle-to-particle contact, or a multilayer, where there is substantial particle-to-particle contact and interaction. This paper provides a review of theoretical and experimental studies on particle resuspension from monolayer and multilayer particle deposits. In addition, an experimental methodology was developed to determine resuspension from the two types of deposits on indoor surfaces. Seeded samples were exposed to controlled flow conditions in a micro-scale wind tunnel and were analyzed with fluorescence stereomicroscopy. Resuspension was found to occur at significantly lower velocities for multilayer deposits compared to monolayer deposits.
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Liu, Shichao active 21st century. "The effects of indoor jets on air distribution and human exposure to particles." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28349.

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Indoor jets considerably dominate air movement and distribution of temperature and velocity, as well as transport of particles and other pollutants. Indoor air temperature and velocity distribution substantially impact occupants’ thermal comfort and productivity, heat and mass transfer on indoor surfaces. In addition, jets produced by human respiratory activities, such as coughing and sneezing, enhance the spread of particles that might carry bacteria or viruses. Understanding and characterizing indoor jets and their impacts on air distribution, temperature and velocity fields, and particle transport are crucial for advancing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems when considering thermal comfort and developing strategies for exposure mitigation. This dissertation contributes to the scientific understanding regarding to indoor air distribution and particle transport associated with indoor air jets. Current HVAC system design defines indoor air distribution related to the selection of diffusers/ grilles that distribute supply air jets, according to the specifics of the space and internal heating and cooling loads. However, current design guidance was developed over 40 years ago. It requires expansion of diffuser/ grille types and the update for air distribution by diffuser/ grille air jets supplying warm air at heating mode. Unlike jets from diffusers/ grilles, jets created by human activities are inherently transient in nature and might perform quite differently from steady-state ones. Understanding the dynamics of unsteady-state jets, such as coughs, enhances the current state of understanding of the mechanisms of respiratory disease transmission, which enables development of exposure reduction measures. The investigations presented in this dissertation extend the state-of-the-art knowledge on indoor jets and analyze the effect of steady-state and unsteady-state jets on particle transport in indoor environments. Figure 1 illustrates the two objectives and six investigations conducted in this dissertation. The first objective includes four investigations that address air distribution and particle transport associated with steady-state jets created by diffusers/ grilles, and the remaining two investigations relate to the second objective on unsteady-state cough jets. The first objective of this dissertation characterizes air distribution and particle transport in a space with steady-state jets created by diffusers/ grilles. One of the major contributions of this objective to the-state-of-the-art knowledge on indoor air distribution is the newly developed method for diffuser performance assessment and design when considering heating mode. It advances the current diffuser/ grille selection guide that was outdated decades ago. Furthermore, based on 650 experimental set-ups this objective provides a systematic analysis of indoor air velocity that can be further used in indoor heat transfer and pollutant emission and transport. The second objective investigates velocity fields in unsteady-state cough jets and transport of coughed particles. This objective provides a theoretical analysis of the dynamics of cough jets and examines how human thermal plume affects the exposure to coughed particles when considering different particle sizes. Ultimately, these investigations fill the knowledge gaps in indoor air distribution and particle transport associated with steady-state and unsteady-state jets in spaces using all-air HVAC systems. The newly developed diffuser guideline will improve HVAC design for both heating and cooling conditions when considering thermal discomfort or air stagnant zones caused by a wrong diffuser selection. In addition, the systematic analysis of indoor air velocity will improve the prediction of indoor heat transfer, mass transfer, particle resuspension rate, pollutant emission rate from the floor and other indoor surfaces. Finally, the theoretical analysis of unsteady-state jets contributes the knowledge for fluid dynamics of unobstructed human coughs and also transport of coughed particles, including the distribution in the vicinity of an exposed person.
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(10586768), Bhavini Singh. "Spark induced flow in quiescent air." Thesis, 2021.

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Nanosecond spark plasma actuators provide an opportunity to reduce pollutants by promoting efficient combustion in engines or provide targeted, tunable, flow control over vehicles, due to their ability to influence flow and combustion through multiple mechanisms. The plasma actuators can be physically unobtrusive, can be turned on and off and their low duty cycle, large bandwidth, and light weight make them more appealing than other control approaches. One method by which these plasma actuators interact with the environment is by inducing a complex local flow field and in order, to design scalable, high frequency actuators effectively, it is necessary to first understand the flow induced by a single spark discharge. Most experimental analysis on the flow induced by spark discharges has been restricted to qualitative descriptions of the flow field, primarily due to the difficulties associated with measuring such a transient and highly complex flow with sufficient spatiotemporal resolution. Quantitative, experimental characterization of the flow induced by a spark discharge remains lacking.

A spark discharge produces a shock wave and a hot gas kernel with a complex flow field following the shock. In this work, combined experimental and theoretical characterization of the spark induced flow is performed through a series of high spatiotemporal resolution measurements of the density and velocity fields and reduced-order modeling. The work investigates the mechanisms driving the cooling and vorticity generation in spark induced flow and the 3D nature of the flow field. Planar (2D-3C) and volumetric (3D-3C) velocity measurements are taken using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) and tomographic PIV, respectively. Density measurements are taken using background oriented schlieren (BOS) and high speed schlieren imaging is used to capture the shock wave induced by the spark.

The work shows that spark plasma discharges induce vortex rings whose vorticity is likely generated due to baroclinic torque arising from the non-uniform strength of the induced shock wave. The hot gas kernel cools in two stages: an initially fast cooling regime, followed by a slower cooling process. Reduced order analytical models are developed to describe the cooling observed in the fast regime and the role of the vortex rings in the entrainment of cold ambient gas and the cooling of the hot gas kernel. The results show that the vortex rings entrain ambient gas and drive cooling in the fast, convective regime, cooling approximately 50% of the hot gas within the first millisecond of the induced flow. An increase in the electrical energy deposited in the spark gap increases the shock strength and curvature and increases the vortex ring strength, thereby increasing the cooling rate and expansion of the hot gas kernel. The volumetric velocity measurements capture one of the two induced vortex rings and provide a framework for the improvements needed in future tomographic PIV experiments of the spark induced flow field, necessary in assessing the 3D nature of the induced vortex rings.

The results of this work provide the first set of quantitative, experimental data on flow induced by nanosecond spark discharges that can be used for validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The results demonstrate that spark plasmas induce vortex ring-driven mixing flows and the results on mixing and cooling of the hot gas kernel can be extended to any passive scalars present in the flow field as well as inform pulsation frequencies and actuator designs for flow and combustion control. The results from the reduced order modeling can inform future studies and applications of nanosecond spark discharges and can be extended to a variety of other types of plasma discharges like laser sparks, long duration sparks and surface discharges with similar induced flow fields.

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GUO-YANG, WENG, and 翁國揚. "The Effects of Opening Design on Indoor Air Flow─Implementation in Elementary School Classroom." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31376797293599649813.

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國立臺灣科技大學
建築系
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Although it has been found that the influence of the inlet position on airflow patterns form was greater than the outlet position, most of previously studies were a made in qualitative manners. Quantitative information is required for design implementation. The current study investigated the main factors that affect indoor airflow by using computer simulation. The classroom in elementary school was used as the simulation subject. First, The experiment was aimed at determining a feasible parameter setup. Second, The research was choose variables and divide into groups. The variables for controlling airflow indoors included opening area, opening pattern, position, window type, shading devices (position, depth and attachment), the student’s desks and human body etc. The study was probed into the airflow indoors which the external wind velocity is very low. The simulation wind velocity set 0.5 m/s. When the controlled inlet area of was smaller than the outlet area (fixed at 4.32m2), overall airflow is the faster. However, this caused air-draft unless only the vent was opened where a large region of eddy current was. If the opening was raised by 20 cm the effect was smaller. As for the effects of window type, vertical sliding window average yielded the strongest airflow while the vertical casement window yielded the weakest one. Besides, horizontal window shutter could significantly reduced flow speed. Attached shading devices could reduce average flow-speed by 15%. When the shading devices were detached as far as 60 cm, the average flow-speed indoors might restore and approach the original data with attached shading devices. Adding desks and human bodies not only resolved the drafting problems by reducing the flow-speed near the inlet (by 63%) but also improve the distribution. The study provided further understanding for the opening of building and the airflow in classroom of elementary school. In the future full-scale experiments can be used to verify the results of the current study.

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Yang, Chung-Chin, and 楊仲謹. "The Developments of Air Quality Wireless Sensor Network for Particle and Indoor PM10 & PM2.5 Prediction Model." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b5c8qp.

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國立臺北科技大學
環境工程與管理研究所
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This study developed a system for Air Quality Wireless Sensoring Network (AQWSN), which could be monitor the PM2.5 and PM10 concentration from indoor and outdoor. By monitored the real sites for PM2.5 and PM10 concentration, this study develop an Indoor Air Quality Model (IAQM) to predict indoor PM2.5 and PM10 concentration. And to validate the precision for IAQM, this study used Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and American society for testing and materials (ASTM).The results showed that used hourly predict method and discrete parameter have a excellent predict value for indoor PM2.5 and PM10 concentration .The method has well efficiency for monitored indoor particle immediately. On the other side, the methed used hourly predict method and continuous parameter and hour average ventilation rate have a excellent predict value for PM2.5 and PM10 concentration in real space. After the AERMOD simulated the reduction scenario of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration, the annual average of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration reduced to 54.8% and 54.17% respectively.The total exposure reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 is 3.91μg/m3 and 6.61μg/m3 respectively, which can save 23.87 and 41.03 dollars/person-year respectively and extend 0.78 and 0.47 day/person-lifetime respectively.

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Yeh, Cheng Hsin, and 葉承欣. "Removal of CO2 from indoor air by alkanolamine in a cross-flow rotating packed bed." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35689312110923909955.

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長庚大學
化工與材料工程學系
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The content of CO2 in atmosphere is getting higher level year by year. Recently, a lot of literatures concerning about the removal of CO2 from a gas stream containing huge flow rate and high CO2 concentration can be found. However, there are no existing literatures until now to examine how CO2 is removed from ambient air with huge flow rate using a cross-flow rotating packed bed. In this study, CO2 in ambient air was removed by monoethanolamine (MEA) and piperazine (PZ) using a cross-flow rotating packed bed with the effects of liquid flow rate, gas flow rate, and rotor speed. The results of this study demonstrate that the removal efficiency of CO2 increased with liquid flow rate and rotor speed. However, the removal efficiency of CO2 decreased with gas flow rate. The removal efficiency of CO2 was 91.5% with 1.0M MEA/1.0M PZ, at a gas flow rate of 70 L/min, a liquid flow rate of 0.5 L/min, and a rotor speed of 1800 rpm. CO2 in a 38.6 m3 room was removed using the same cross-flow rotating packed bed. CO2 can be removed completely with a gas flow of 70 L/min, a liquid flow of 0.5 L/min, and a rotor speed of 1800 rpm, as measured after 50 min.

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Wu, Shiau-Feng, and 吳効峰. "Effects of air-sparging on particle deposition and filtration flux in cross-flow microfiltration." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83200748696282334187.

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淡江大學
化學工程與材料工程學系碩士班
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The effects of filtration flux、adhesion probability、cake properties and shear stress by changing liquid velocities、gas velocities and filtration pressures for air-sparging cross-flow microfiltration are studied. A filter membrane made of mixed cellulose ester with a mean pore size of 0.1 μm is used for filtering wide size distribution range particles, PMMA-7G. The flow behavior will change when gas velocity increases. Shear stress can restrain cake mass availability and improve filtration rates under bubble flow, but specific filtration resistance will increase clearly and filtration rates worse than no sparging filtration under slug flow。Because of shear stress increase rapidly。A great of particle decrease above 5μm. Smaller particle move in the void and the porosity become reduce. On the other hand, the cake layer compressed when fluid went past, so the specific filtration resistance increases glaringly. Communion with force analysis, we can find air-sparging force plays important role in filtration process, and we can use simulation analysis to forecast the tendency for particle distribution and adhesion property.

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Boor, Brandon Emil. "Studies on particle resuspension, infant exposure, and the sleep microenvironment." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31356.

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Understanding the transport of particulate and gaseous indoor air pollutants from source to exposure is paramount to improve our understanding of the complexities of the built environments in which we spend the majority of our time. This dissertation offers new insights on particle resuspension from indoor surfaces, infant exposure to organic contaminants released from crib mattresses, and the dynamics of pollutant transport and human exposure while sleeping. Particle resuspension is the physical process by which settled particles detach from a surface and become airborne through application of various aerodynamic and mechanical removal forces. Resuspension is an important indoor source of coarse mode particles (> 1 µm in diameter) and can be a source mechanism for biological matter and organic contaminants that accumulate in house dust. Settled dust deposits on indoor surfaces can vary considerably in their structure and mass loading, yet little is known as to how these parameters affect resuspension. Through wind tunnel experiments, this research demonstrates that the deposit structure (monolayer or multilayer) can have a significant impact on the number of particles that aerodynamically resuspend. Furthermore, this dissertation presents the first full-scale experimental chamber study to show that human body movements in bed can resuspend settled mattress dust particles. An indoor aerosol model was utilized to provide a mechanistic understanding of the impact of movement intensity, surface vibrations, bedroom ventilation rate, and dust loading on the resuspension flux and intake fraction of resuspended particles. Infants spend most of their time sleeping and are likely to be exposed to elevated concentrations of chemicals released from their crib mattresses. Through a combination of chamber experiments and solvent extractions, this research shows that infant crib mattresses can emit a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and contain numerous chemical additives, including phthalate and alternative plasticizers, flame retardants, and unreacted isocyanates. Additionally, this study discovered that infants are exposed to approximately twice the concentrations of VOCs in their breathing zones as compared to the bulk bedroom air, due to their close proximity to the source.

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Fernandes, John Edward. "Visualizing the flow induced by an air curtain over a mannequin using stereo particle image velocimetry." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10106/1719.

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Rim, Donghyun. "Evaluation of human exposure to indoor airborne pollutants : transport and fate of particulate and gaseous pollutants." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/18395.

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Building environmental conditions such as ventilation and contaminant concentrations are important factors that influence occupant health and comfort. The objective of the present work is to investigate how personal exposure to gaseous and particulate pollutants depends on indoor airflow, source characteristics, and occupant activity in commercial and residential environments. The study examines airflow and pollutant transport using experimental measurements in conjunction with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results demonstrate that breathing has a measurable influence on the airflow in an occupant breathing zone, but it has very small impacts on the occupant thermal plume. The results also show that breathing can significantly affect inhaled particle concentrations, even though the influence varies with source position and particle size. Also, localized hand motions of a sitting manikin do not significantly disrupt the upward thermal plume. In typical US residences, forced convection driven mixing airflow or buoyancy driven stratified airflow occurs depending on the HVAC fan operation (fan on or fan off, respectively). The measured transition period between mixing flow (fan on) and stratified flow (fan off) is approximately one minute, implying that most airflow in the residence is either dominated by mixing or stratification. A high level of exposure to short-term pollutant sources, such as resuspension of particles from floor surfaces due to human activity, more likely occurs with stratified flow than with highly mixed airflow. This is due to the strong influence of the occupant thermal plume that transports the pollutants into the breathing zone. Furthermore, by transporting air containing ozone across the reactive occupant surface, the occupant thermal plume has a large effect on exposure to ozone reaction products. Due to the reaction of ozone with the skin oils and clothing surfaces, the occupant surface boundary layer becomes depleted of ozone and conversely enriched with ozone reaction products. The parameter ventilation effectiveness quantifies the effectiveness of airflow distribution and can be used for assessment of exposure to gaseous pollutants. Based on the study results, the usefulness of ventilation effectiveness as an indicator of exposure to particulate pollutants depends on the particle size. For small particles (~1 [mu]m), an increase of ventilation effectives caused a decrease in occupant exposure, while for large particles (~7 [mu]m), source location and airflow around the pollutant source are significant factors for the exposure, and the ventilation effectiveness has very little to no effect.
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Huang, Ming-I., and 黃明夷. "Investigation on the Application of the Particle Removal Mechanism of Ultra-Sonic Air Flow to Clean Glass Surface." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85892975985789794681.

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逢甲大學
材料與製造工程所
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In the thin film transistor liquid-crystal display industry domain, to remove the dust particle form glass plate surface, there are mainly dry and wet types of cleaning technologies. The paper takes dry cleaner to be the cleaning technology as the research foundation because it has been studied among the development various types cleaning technology and as succeeded technology of the plant use, removes the glass foundation plate surface dust particle. Foundation of this research is under this high-velocity current auxiliary by the ultra-sonic wave technology discussion glass foundation plate on the particle removing mechanism and the potency. In this article, first, we will make the literature review of the surface cleaning technology at present. The theories of ultra-sonic wave, basic hydromechanics, and the cause analysis of particle attaching the glass foundation plate, will also be mentioned. By means of establishment of the ultra-sonic wave air current particle removing pattern, we obtained parameters of the different particle removing rate and applied them to D.O.E（Design of Experiment）and static software MINITAB. With the investigation of the interactive impact of factors, we found that the optimistic parameter to control the mechanism of particle remove by ultra-sonic wave.

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Hsu, Shou-Ping, and 許守平. "The programming and evaluation of clean effect of air particle''s concentration and air change rate at clean room with non-laminar flow in pharmaceutical factory." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08313221807342918328.

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國立雲林科技大學
工程科技研究所博士班
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This essay is to analyze the clean room in pharmaceutical factory.For example, the 100k clean room makes the concentration of air particle that affects the mathematic mode of the air change rate, and builds up a curve of the relation between the concentration of air particle and of air change rate. Therefore base on local concentration of outdoor and indoor air particle concentration, the designer can easily check the air change rate that the air conditioning system needs. However, in practical use, it can not below the circulating level calculated by room sensible heat. As the result of locale test, at any time, the max of air particle concentration in each room doesn''t beyond the designed upper limit. When it is at static state or slightly working, the indoor air particle concentration is too low, then could design a system that can change the air quantity（variable air volume,VAV）, in order to save the energy consumption when ventilator is operating.

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Stenberg, Berndt. "Office illness : the worker, the work and the workplace." Doctoral thesis, 1994. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100701.

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The work started with the clinical observations in patients working in buildings with indoor air problems. Signs of seborrhoeic dermatitis, erythematous facial skin conditions and itching conditions on the trunk were noted. Another point of departure was the attribution of facial skin symptoms to VDT work by patients. A questionnaire-based prevalence study of symptoms compatible with the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and facial skin symptoms in 4,943 office workers formed the basis for two case referent studies, one focusing on SBS, the other on facial skin symptoms in VDT workers. The prevalence of SBS was three times higher in women than men. The prevalence was higher in young persons and in atopies. Facial skin symptoms showed the same pattern. Psychosocial work load, paper and VDT work were also risk indicators for SBS and for skin symptoms. The symptom excess in women was analyzed with reference to differences in biological or acquired risks and different illness and reporting behaviour. In spite of inequalities in social conditions at home and at work and differences in physical working conditions, these differences could only explain a small part of the gender difference. The odds ratio for SBS in women was lowered from 3.4 in the crude analysis to 3.0 in the multivariate analysis. Effect modification was in most cases stronger in men and the clinical validation of the questionnaire refuted the hypothesis that women over-report symptoms. The results indicate that the gender difference in symptom prevalence is part of a general pattem common to psychosomatic illnesses. In the case referent study of SBS, atopy, psychosocial work load, buildings built or renovated after 1977, the presence of photocopiers and a low outdoor air flow rate were risk indicators. The association between air quality and the occurrence of SBS symptoms was demonstrated by a flow-response relation between the outdoor air flow rate and SBS symptoms. In the case referent study of skin symptoms in VDT work, psychosocial work load, electric background fields, the presence of fluorescent lights with plastic shields and low cleaning frequency were risk indicators. The clinical findings in the two case groups and their referents supported the applied relevance of the studies. Compared with the referents, the SBS cases had more work- related facial erythema, seborriioeic dermatitis and general pruritus, while skin symptom cases, had more work-related facial erythema than their referents. The results show that SBS symptoms and facial skin symptoms have a multifactorial background with constitutional, psychosocial and physical risk indicators. As the indoor air quality is a determinant of SBS symptoms, and the building itself is but one source of indoor air pollution, it is suggested that the name Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) be replaced by Indoor Air Syndrome (IAS).

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1994, härtill 5 uppsatser.

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Schmeling, Daniel. "Experimental Acquisition and Characterisation of Large-Scale Flow Structures in Turbulent Mixed Convection." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0022-5F32-8.

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