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A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19- modelling and mitigation approaches

Author(s): Rayegan S; Shu C; Berquist J; Jeon J; Zhou LG; Wang LL; Mbareche H; Tardif P; Ge H;

In the past few years, significant efforts have been made to investigate the transmission of COVID-19. This paper provides a review of the COVID-19 airborne transmission modeling and mitigation strategies. The simulation models here are classified into airborne transmission infectious risk models and numerical approaches for spatiotemporal airborne transm ...

Article GUID: 40478135


Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 airborne quanta transmission and exposure risk in a mechanically ventilated multizone office building

Author(s): Yan S; Wang LL; Birnkrant MJ; Zhai J; Miller SL;

The world has faced tremendous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, and effective clean air strategies that mitigate infectious risks indoors have become more essential. In this study, a novel approach based on the Wells-Riley model applied to a multizone building was proposed to simulate exposure to infectious doses in terms of "quanta". T ...

Article GUID: 35602249


A real-time web tool for monitoring and mitigating indoor airborne COVID-19 transmission risks at city scale

Author(s): Albettar M; Leon Wang L; Katal A;

Airborne transmission of aerosols contributes to a large portion of the SARS-CoV-2 spread indoors. This study develops a real-time interactive web-based platform for the public to compare various strategies to curb indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19 in different archetype buildings at a city scale. Although many countries have started vaccination an ...

Article GUID: 35261876


Removal of SARS-CoV-2 using UV+Filter in built environment: simulation/evaluation by utilizing validated numerical method

Author(s): Feng Z; Cao SJ; Haghighat F;

Air cleaning is an effective and reliable method in indoor airborne SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona-Virus 2) control, with ability of aerosol removal or disinfection. However, traditional air cleaning systems (e.g. fibrous filter, electrostatic removal system) have some risks in operation process, including re-aerosolization and elect ...

Article GUID: 34367884


Indoor airborne disinfection with electrostatic disinfector (ESD): Numerical simulations of ESD performance and reduction of computing time

Author(s): Feng Z; Cao SJ; Wang J; Kumar P; Haghighat F;

Airborne transmissions of infectious disease (e.g. SARS-CoV-2) in indoor environments may induce serious threat to public health. Air purification devices are necessary to remove and/or inactivate airborne biological species from indoor air environment. Corona discharge in an electrostatic precipitator is capable of removing particulate matter and disinfe ...

Article GUID: 33994653


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