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"Ren C" Authored Publications:
| Title | Authors | PubMed ID | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A practical approach for preventing dispersion of infection disease in naturally ventilated room | Ren C; Cao SJ; Haghighat F; | 40477856 ENCS |
| 2 | Refined design of ventilation systems to mitigate infection risk in hospital wards: Perspective from ventilation openings setting | Ren C; Wang J; Feng Z; Kim MK; Haghighat F; Cao SJ; | 37336354 ENCS |
| 3 | Intelligent operation, maintenance, and control system for public building: Towards infection risk mitigation and energy efficiency | Ren C; Zhu HC; Wang J; Feng Z; Chen G; Haghighat F; Cao SJ; | 36941886 ENCS |
| 4 | Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom | Ren C; Haghighat F; Feng Z; Kumar P; Cao SJ; | 36474607 ENCS |
| 5 | Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers | Ren C; Xi C; Wang J; Feng Z; Nasiri F; Cao SJ; Haghighat F; | 34306996 ENCS |
| Title: | Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom | ||||
| Authors: | Ren C, Haghighat F, Feng Z, Kumar P, Cao SJ | ||||
| Link: | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36474607/ | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12273-022-0959-z | ||||
| Publication: | Building simulation | ||||
| Keywords: | classroom; infection risk; ionizer; negative ions; removal efficiency; | ||||
| PMID: | 36474607 | Category: | Date Added: | 2022-12-07 | |
| Dept Affiliation: |
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1 School of Architecture, Southeast University, 2 Sipailou, Nanjing, 210096 China. 2 Energy and Environment Group, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, H3G 1M8 Canada. 3 Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), School of Sustainability, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH UK. 4 Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH UK. |
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Description: |
Infectious diseases (e.g., coronavirus disease 2019) dramatically impact human life, economy and social development. Exploring the low-cost and energy-saving approaches is essential in removing infectious virus particles from indoors, such as in classrooms. The application of air purification devices, such as negative ion generators (ionizers), gains popularity because of the favorable removal capacity for particles and the low operation cost. However, small and portable ionizers have potential disadvantages in the removal efficiency owing to the limited horizontal diffusion of negative ions. This study aims to investigate the layout strategy (number and location) of ionizers based on the energy-efficient natural ventilation in the classroom to improve removal efficiency (negative ions to particles) and decrease infection risk. Three infected students were considered in the classroom. The simulations of negative ion and particle concentrations were performed and validated by the experiment. Results showed that as the number of ionizers was 4 and 5, the removal performance was largely improved by combining ionizer with natural ventilation. Compared with the scenario without an ionizer, the scenario with 5 ionizers largely increased the average removal efficiency from around 20% to 85% and decreased the average infection risk by 23%. The setup with 5 ionizers placed upstream of the classroom was determined as the optimal layout strategy, particularly when the location and number of the infected students were unknown. This work can provide a guideline for applying ionizers to public buildings when natural ventilation is used. Electronic supplementary material esm: the Appendix is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s12273-022-0959-z. |
