Ventilation and transport of bioaerosols in healthcare environment-new insight into hospital corridor design

Ehsan S. Mousavi, Kevin R. Grosskopf

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Abstract

This study explores the spatial relationships of supply and exhaust air ventilation in patient corridors. An actual hospital was used to observe the transport of synthetic aerosols in a 31.5m patient corridor. The aerodynamic behaviour of aerosol within the patient corridor was observed with respect to particle size, time and distance relative to the directional airflow and air change rate of the existing HVAC system. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) methods used to create a modified supply-exhaust air system configuration that has shown to reduce aerosol transport distance more than 60% and reduce average aerosol concentration roughly 30% without increasing air change rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages113-120
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2014
Event13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: Jul 7 2014Jul 12 2014

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period7/7/147/12/14

Keywords

  • Air change per hour
  • Airborne infection
  • Hospital corridor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pollution
  • Building and Construction
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Computer Science Applications

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