期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 708, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134742
关键词
Fungal spores; HVAC ducts; Resuspension rate; Particle size
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51708211]
- National Science and Technology Ministry of China [2016YFC1201302]
- Opening Funds of State Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Built Environment National Engineering Research Center of Building Technology [BSBE2017-08]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei [E2017502051]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018MS103]
Fungal spore resuspension on the surfaces of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) ducts have been verified as one of the most important factors causing indoor biological pollution. To effectively control indoor bioaerosols pollution, it is essential to understand the resuspension characteristics of fungal spores in HVAC ducts. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the movement behavior of particles and further the variation of particle resuspension with HVAC operation mode. Based on the experimental and numerical study, this study specifically investigated the micro-movement behavior of particles and impact of particle size (1, 4, 7 and 10 mu m), air temperature (9,15 and 30 degrees C), relative humidity (20, 50 and 80%), duct surface roughness (0.5 and 50 mu m) and air velocity (0.3, 0.9, 1.5 and 2.5 m/s) on the short-term resuspension of particle in horizontal HVAC ducts. Results indicate that spore particles were dominantly rolling off rather than sliding or being lifted into the air. Compared with larger particles, smaller ones were more sensitive to the wall roughness. The resuspension rate of spores was mainly affected by airflow velocity and particle size, where the resuspension rate of particles increased by up to six times with the increase of airflow velocity from 0.9 to 2.5 m/s. In comparison, either air temperature or relative humidity made negligible difference to particle resuspension rate. Overall, this study provides the knowledge of fungal spore resuspension in HVAC ducts, laying the foundation for effectively controlling the indoor biological pollution. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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