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Migration of Aerosol Particles inside a Two-Zone Apartment with Natural Ventilation: A Multi-Zone Validation of the Multi-Compartment and Size-Resolved Indoor Aerosol Model
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SYSNO ASEP 0431500 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Migration of Aerosol Particles inside a Two-Zone Apartment with Natural Ventilation: A Multi-Zone Validation of the Multi-Compartment and Size-Resolved Indoor Aerosol Model Author(s) Mølgaard, B. (FI)
Ondráček, Jakub (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
Šťávová, P. (CZ)
Džumbová, Lucie (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
Barták, M. (CZ)
Hussein, T. (JO)
Smolík, Jiří (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAISource Title Indoor and Built Environment - ISSN 1420-326X
Roč. 23, č. 5 (2014), s. 742-756Number of pages 15 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords ventilation rate ; penetration factor ; tracer gas Subject RIV CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry R&D Projects GA101/07/1361 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support UCHP-M - RVO:67985858 UT WOS 000342578500011 DOI 10.1177/1420326X13481484 Annotation Since decades, indoor aerosol models have been introduced to understand the behaviour of indoor aerosols. However, studies about model validation in multi-zone form are very rare because of the lack of high quality and well-controlled measurements. We utilized state-of-the-art measurement and modelling approaches to validate the Multi-Compartment and Size-resolved Indoor Aerosol Model (MC-SIAM) inside a two-zone apartment with natural ventilation. According to the MC-SIAM simulations, the ventilation rates ranged from 0.06 to 0.31 h–1 during closed windows and it was as high as 2.1 h–1 when a window was open; compared to the tracer gases analysis results, the ventilation rate was as high as 0.26 h–1 (closed windows) and 1.7 h–1 (open window). The internal airflow predicted with the MC-SIAM ranged from 9.3 to 11m–3 h (tracer gas analysis 7.6–15m–3 h) when the door between the internal rooms was opened. The methods utilized in this study have proven that indoor aerosol models such as the MC-SIAM are valid to describe the behaviour of indoor aerosol particles inside multi-zone dwellings with the assumption of well-mixed indoor air inside each zone. The next step in indoor aerosol models development should include re-suspension and new particle formation processes. Workplace Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals Contact Eva Jirsová, jirsova@icpf.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 227 Year of Publishing 2015
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